伊察姆納
伊察姆納(瑪雅語:Itzamna;IPA:[it͡samˈna])是馬雅神話中掌管太陽、藝術、玉米、寫作的神明。
祂有突出的鼻子,表示為一個寧靜的老人。祂是馬雅文明主要神明之一,直到公元800年,阿茲特克人入侵後,被特斯卡特利波卡(Tezcatlipoca (寬式IPA:/teskatɬiˈpoːka/),意為「煙霧鏡」)所取代。祂的名字來源不詳,也許是來自蜥蜴或鱷魚。
參考書目
- Thompson, J.Eric S.(1970). Maya History and Religion, Civilization of the American Indian Series, No. 99. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0884-3. OCLC 177832
- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007
- Ferdinand Anders, Das Pantheon der Maya.
- Nicholas Hellmuth, Monsters and Men in Maya Art.
- Houston, Stuart, Taube, The Memory of Bones.
- Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube, Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens.
- David Stuart, The Inscriptions from Temple XIX at Palenque.
- Karl Taube, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan.
- Karl Taube, A Representation of the Principal Bird Deity in the Paris Codex.
- Eric Thompson, Maya History and Religion.
- Alfred Tozzer, Landa's Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan.