mayans belief in the earth

The Mayans believe that Mother Earth was a gigantic monster. It was an alligator, toad, and a turtle combined. Above her was a sky with a layer for each planet and spheres of movement for the sun and the moon. Below her was the underworld where heavenly bodies passed when out of sight. All around her were the spirits of rain and thunder. The deities of the food plants and animals attended her. All nature …

…obscure race, Dzolob or "the offenders," had lived in the second world. The third and final world was for the Mayans (Eufraccio Internet). As in any myth, the Mayans believed in many things that started the creation of their time. They believed that there were four attempts at creating man, there was a Heaven and Hell-like most beliefs, there were three different worlds created, and that there were different gods for almost everything. WORKS CITED