Is the mayan godess of suicide Ixtab legit ?

1) That is utter nonsense. Although mesoamerican seafaring might have been not on par with europeans or other seafaring cultures, it was still big thing and, I believe post-classical, but I would have to check it, rise of many cities is connected with development of bigger canoes and coastal trade. Such as island Cozumel or Putun (or Puuc? I always mix those two together) Mayans (those "mexicanized" ones in Veracruz and Tabasco). Furthermore, it were the Cubans who pointed Europeans to the big empire full of gold, so they would just leave them alone.

2) I didn't say that all gods are the same. I was talking about Mesoamerica and there was a lot of adoption on these lines. Common practice was to take gods of subjugated tribe as hostages and incorporate them into your religion as subjugated lower beings. Sometimes, after a while, some of these gods might have been elevated to higher status or some important conquerer's gods adopted by local cultures even after they became independent. And I was speaking specifically about mesoamerica, I have no idea about other corn-eating cultures. I am quite sure that this thing was common among Aztecs as well.

Finally, I gave example of Cuba as the better known example europeans actively complained about. But lesser known examples were being presented in Mesoamerica as well, after conquista.

If you'd like to make the case I'd recommend sticking to primary sources, namely Maya art and writing. There could be a bit complicated, as not a lot of them are being preserved and a big part of culture is just not described in writing.

and see the Maya through their own records. Have you read Popol Vuh?

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