God D

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God D is a major Maya deity, commonly identified with Itzamna, associated with creation, wisdom, writing, and the sky.

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Label Occurrences
God D canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya deity
alsoKnownAs Itzamna
appearsIn Dresden Codex
Madrid Codex
Paris Codex
associatedWith calendar
creation
day signs
divination
hieroglyphic script
knowledge
origins of the calendar
origins of writing
sky
wisdom
writing
classificationSystem Schele–Thompson Maya god catalog
culture Maya civilization
depictedAs aged man
toothless elder
domain sky realm
upper world
gender male deity
hasAspect creator aspect
patron of learning
sky god aspect
iconographicFeature large Roman-letter D designation in codex studies
identifiedWith Itzamna
surface form: Itzamnaaj
mythologicalRole one of the principal Maya creator deities
source of sacred knowledge
pantheon Bacab deities
surface form: Maya pantheon
religion Maya religion
role creator god
lord of the heavens
patron of scribes
studiedIn Maya epigraphy
Mesoamerican iconography
worshippedBy Classic-period Maya
Postclassic-period Maya

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Itzamna alsoKnownAs God D