Who Were The Ancient Maya Bat People?

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Studies of ancient Maya codices along with investigations of their glyphs and other important archaeological findings reveal the Maya developed a special relationship with bats. The ancient Maya did not fear bats. On the contrary, everything discovered so far indicated bats played a significant role in Maya religion and political organizations.

Pre-Columbian Maya bat god sculpture in Museo Popol Vuh in Guatemala City. Credit: Tracy Barnett – CC BY-SA 2.0

Among the people of this Mesoamerican civilization, three separate groups worshipped a bat deity. Two of these groups were so-called ancient Maya bat clans.

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