31 окт. 2018 г. · The Maya believe that the soul is bound to the body at birth. Only death or sickness can part the body and soul, with death being the permanent ...

6 дек. 2021 г. · The Mayans also did not believe in a reward in the afterlife. Xibalbá is simply the next world in which human souls exist after life on Earth.

22 сент. 2021 г. · The realm of Xibalbá was governed by a powerful god known as Ah Puch who was also understood to be the personification of death.

28 февр. 2023 г. · The Maya believed in an afterlife they called Xibalba, a fearsome place populated by various underworld demons and gods.

9 июл. 2012 г. · To the Maya, the afterlife was a journey of the soul toward paradise; but there was no guarantee at all that one would reach one's destination.

12 сент. 2019 г. · That's why they believe that death is nothing more than a physical change, transmutation of the spirit that, once separated from the body, ...

The ancient Maya did not see death as the end of life, instead death was seen as part of a cycle, in which people die only to be born again.

The Maya believed in many gods, each representing a different part of life. These gods had to be pleased so Maya communities made regular offerings to them.

23 июл. 2020 г. · In Classical Mayan Culture, there are two concepts for death. There is death itself and then there is the act of passing from this life into the next.