Religion and Mythology
- Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America
- Maya mythology, the myths and legends of the Maya civilization
- Maya (illusion), in Indian religion, the principal concept which manifests, perpetuates and governs the illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe
- Mayasura, a Hindu demon often known by the name Maya
- Maya (Buddhist mental factor)
- Maya (mother of Buddha) (died 563 BC), mother of the historical Buddha
- Mahamaya-tantra, "Great Maya tantra", a Vajrayana Buddhist Tantra & meditational deity
- Maya (High Priest of Amun), a High Priest of Amun until at least year 4 of Akhenaten
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