Maya jaguar gods

The Maya people saw the jaguar's attributes as a strong and powerful creature, as well as its easily recognizable coat, and incorporated it into their mythology.

The nocturnal sun hypothesis is complicated by this very incident, and even more so by the fact that the fiery jaguar deity is identified with a star (or perhaps a constellation or planet).

The aged goddess of midwifery, curing, and war Ix Chel, belongs to the jaguar deities.

The patron deity of the month of Pax has jaguar paws above his ears, a removed lower jaw, and vomits blood.

In 16th-century Yucatán, rituals held in the month of Pax centered on the war leader and the puma deity, Cit Chac Coh.

Particularly scenes on pottery show the Pax deity to be intimately associated with war and human sacrifice.