God D

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God D is a major Maya deity, commonly identified with Itzamna, associated with creation, wisdom, writing, and the sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
God D canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Itzamna ⓘ
appearsIn Dresden Codex ⓘ
Madrid Codex ⓘ
Paris Codex ⓘ
associatedWith calendar ⓘ
creation ⓘ
day signs ⓘ
divination ⓘ
hieroglyphic script ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
origins of the calendar ⓘ
origins of writing ⓘ
sky ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
writing ⓘ
classificationSystem Schele–Thompson Maya god catalog ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
depictedAs aged man ⓘ
toothless elder ⓘ
domain sky realm ⓘ
upper world ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasAspect creator aspect ⓘ
patron of learning ⓘ
sky god aspect ⓘ
iconographicFeature large Roman-letter D designation in codex studies ⓘ
identifiedWith Itzamnaaj ⓘ
linked to: Itzamna
mythologicalRole one of the principal Maya creator deities ⓘ
source of sacred knowledge ⓘ
pantheon Maya pantheon ⓘ
linked to: Bacab deities
religion Maya religion ⓘ
role creator god ⓘ
lord of the heavens ⓘ
patron of scribes ⓘ
studiedIn Maya epigraphy ⓘ
Mesoamerican iconography ⓘ
worshippedBy Classic-period Maya ⓘ
Postclassic-period Maya ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Itzamna → alsoKnownAs → God D ⓘ