Mayan Beliefs
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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 arou ....
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.... Grolier). The Mayans also had
lived in Mexican states: Yucantan and Chiapas, British Honduras, Guatemala,
Honduras, and El Salvador (Burland 1770)
By 1200 B.C., they had dominated trade routes. The trade routes
extended from the modern Mexico state of Guerrero to Costa Rica (Miller "Maya"
Grolier). The Mayans had constant cultural and commercial contact from other
tribes such as the Aztecs. They were with the central and coastal Mexican
civilization that had influenced them and influenc ....
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