Jade Skirt: The gods and spirits are so important to my people, the Maya. The king is our head priest and he can speak directly to the gods. With the help of other high-ranking priests ...

Before he was identified as an indigenous god ... of the Popol Vuh, the “Mayan bible,” between 1554-1558 CE. Unlike the earlier Yucatec creation story featuring Itzamna and Ixchel, the ...

Mercifully, Itzamna, the supreme creator god of the ancient Maya, had favored us with a pilot named Guillermo Lozano, who was now easing his maroon-striped Bell helicopter into the air.