Mythological Women and Goddesses
In the Maya codices, and especially in the Dresden Codex, a young goddess of women, marriage, and sensual love (goddess I) occurs frequently. In Classic Mayan iconography, and in the inscriptions, the young Maya moon goddess is of equal importance. Still another Maya goddess was Ixchel (goddess O), the patron of midwifery and medicine, represented as an aged woman with jaguar features. Moreover, Maya queens were often dressed as maize goddesses, their important staple crop.
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