Aztec Vs Mayan Mythology - Whats the Difference?

In this video we're comparing mythology from two iconic Mesoamerican civilisations, Aztec vs Maya. From the treacherous Mictlan ruled by the Aztec god of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli to the Mayan Mitnal which was presided over by 12 death gods. We have also explained the mythological reasoning behind their rituals of sacrifice.

Learn about the Five Suns in the creation story of the Aztecs and the Maya attempts at creating humans. And of course, we can't forget the flying Serpent god shared by both societies, known as Quetzalcoatl to the Mexica.

[danieldejesusfigueredoorop]

The fact that both cultures has some Toltec influences in their feathered serpents shoes how sincretic and dinamic religion was for them.

[bobholly]

I've told ppl for years. A god of war style game with mesoamerican mythology would be awesome

[ricksalley]

Imagine your already dead and need to face these colossal obstacles just to find your eternal rest. Thats straight soulsborn game.

[saulspanco]

How hard must have their lives have been to believe that death was going to be that brutal a journey lol. Must of been tough in Mesoamerica.

[shouayang]

The 4 eleaments. Fire, air water and jaguar

[eddieas]

Idk why there isn't more movies, shows about Mesoamerican mythology. I think it's so interesting.

[Cra-b]

Mesoamerican Mythology is really cool to read but I feel its equally as underrated. Very good and informative video as always but damn thats some work to do just to get some rest after life. Btw I believe the name of the Iguana that guards the first level of Mictlan is Xochitónal.

[Gnomeof]

Man I would pay good money for a souls like mesoamerican game. The mythology is metal af ! Great video

[aether]

4:38 my grandma told me about this myth!! Except she kinda mixed it in with a couple of other things from Catholicism. I could never find the source of the myth she was referencing. She told me as a kid that if I shared my food with my dog, that when I die, my dog would be waiting for me to help me cross the river to get into heaven because it was thankful for how I treated it in life. I always figured she was somehow referring to the river Styx. However, being that we’re from Mexico, it makes a lot more sense that this is the myth she was referring to!

[TheJoungRed]

The sacrifices were also used as a way to undermine possible rebellions against the Aztec Empire. The Aztecs used the heads from the sacrificed captured warriors to display them on the Tzompantli, a wall of human heads. When other civilizations came to pay the forced tribute, they had to walk in front of the Tzompantli.

[crimsoncourt]

Who will win:
The sun vs 1 million jaguars

[strikeforce]

Other religions's afterlife: "Be good or go to our hell"
Mesoamerican's after life: "I mean, you kinda have to through a ton of cra.p regardless..."

[Freedom.of.Speech]

It's like Roman Mythology vs Greek Mythology.

[metalheadblues]

I created a metal band called Feed The Sun as a reference to human sacrifice the aztecs and Mayans did. We actually have a song called sacrifice out.

[MayanAngler]

Thank you very much! Very well done. My family is from the Yucatán area and learned something new.

[shouayang]

Have you done the Incans gods? I would like to watch more of mesoamerican gods and myths

[dontworry]

Crazy to think their underworld had so many different ecosystems in it from a Caribbean culture 😮

[carloshernandez-bmhp]

Great video. You were very informative and I am so impressed at your ability to pronounce all those hard names correctly. You must’ve practiced a lot because they’re not easy to pronounce.

Thanks for the video. God bless you.

[DwarfInAJar]

This video was simple and clear, great video btw did you do one on Indian mythology ?

[TrVatos]

Very monotone. Like the dude hosting the musuem tour on the movie called “the mask”