Always, people think that gods are essential for living because they can to help them to achieve their dreams, besides in all cultures there are some gods, and in one of those cultures there are more gods than other and the gods` powers are different in the some cultures.
The gods` myth are transmitted from generation to generation because is vital for people to believe in something, for this reason gods’ myths were created since that the man started to think.
Now, I will speak about two Mayan gods, the god Chac and the god Itzama, that were essential for the Mayan people
The God Itzama was the lord of heaven, the night and the air and his power was to punish ambitious people; and the God Chac was the god of rain and the cardinal points. His power was to give fertility and prosperity to devout people.
One similarity is the origin of these two gods, because both existed since the mayan´s creation; also, these gods were very powerful so people prayed to much to these gods for their well-being, besides, these two gods punished irresponsible people.
However, The god Chac was more ordinary than The god Itzama, because the god Chac was the god of the working classes, in contrast the god Itzama was the god of the high classes, because he invented the calendar and the writing.
In summary, these gods were priority for the Mayan civilization and although they are different, they were significant for each social class, in the same way, each gods had difference powers for each social class.
by Paula Fortoul.
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