Ahau

The 'Ahau (also known as the Mayan gods or "Ajaw" in modernized Maya orthography) are a race of superhumanly powerful humanoid beings who have been worshipped by the Mayans of Southern Mexico and northern Central America from 1800 BC to the 16th century AD.[1] Most of the Ahau dwell in the Upperworld, a small "pocket" dimension adjacent to Earth; an inter-dimensional nexus between Upperworld and Earth exists at Tulan-Ziuva, "the Place of the Seven Caves," somewhere near the ancient city of Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula. Very little is known about Upperworld other than it appears to be built upon a small planetary object enclosed on all four sides by the bodies of four giant iguanas. Xibalba, the Maya underworld, is also connected to Earth via an interdimensional nexus near the modern-day city of Coban, Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala. The Ahau are called different names by their human worshippers; for example, the wind god is known as "Kukulkan" in the Yucatec Maya language and as "Gucumatz" in the K'iche' language. Worship of the Ahau was largely supplanted by Christianity in the late 1500's, although elements of the indigenous population still actively invoke their traditional gods today.[1]
The precise origin of the Ahau, like that of all Earth's pantheons, is shrouded in legend. According to ancient myths, the Sky Father Hunab Ku emerged out of primordial nothingness and created the "Heart of Heaven," which he then used to create the first generation of Maya gods, including his son, the sun god Itzamna Kauil. The Maya believed that these gods lived in a universe where nothing existed except for the sky and the sea, and soon began using their divine powers to cause mountains, lakes, rivers, and fields to rise from the seabed. At the suggestion of Kukulkan, the gods then created the first mortals out of maize flour. Hunab Ku eventually ceded many of his responsibilities to Itzamna, such as the duty of watching over their mortal worshippers. In approximately 1000 AD, Itzamna met with his fellow Godheads to discuss the threat posed by the extraterrestrial Celestials.[2]