Maya mythology
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| - | :''[[Venus (mythology)]], [[love god]], [[goddess]]'' | + | '''Maya mythology''' is part of [[Mesoamerica]]n mythology and comprises all those Mayan tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. Other parts of Maya oral tradition (such as animal tales and many moralising stories) do not properly belong to the domain of mythology. |
| - | [[Venus]] has been compared to other goddesses of love, [[Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli]] in [[Aztec mythology]], [[Kukulcan]] in [[Maya mythology]], [[Frigg]] and [[Freyja]] in the [[Norse mythology|Norse mythos]], and [[Ushas]] in [[Historical Vedic religion|Vedic religion]]. [[Ushas]] is also linked to Venus by a [[Sanskrit]] epithet ascribed to her, ''vanas-'' ("loveliness; longing, desire"), which is [[cognate]] to ''Venus'', suggesting a [[Proto-Indo-European religion|Proto-Indo-European]] link via the reconstructed stem '''*wen-''' "to desire". | ||
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| - | Venus is also associated with the Latvian god [[Auseklis]], whose name derives from the root aus-, meaning "dawn". Auseklis and [[Mēness]], whose name means "moon", are both Dieva dēli ("sons of God"). | ||
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Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all those Mayan tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. Other parts of Maya oral tradition (such as animal tales and many moralising stories) do not properly belong to the domain of mythology.
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