Eldorado Posted May 23, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 23, 2019 "In Maya mythology there is a god with a man’s body and a bat’s head, pointy ears and part of his face covered with a mask; they called him Camazotz. Does he remind you of someone? "The Maya codex describes Camazotz holding a knife of sacrifices in one hand; and his victim in the other. However, there are no more representations of this god." Full article at the Yucatan Times: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/05/camazotz-the-maya-batman/ At Ancient Origins: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/was-mythical-mesoamerican-death-bat-camazotz-inspired-real-giant-vampire-bats-007573 Camazotz at Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camazotz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted May 23, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Quote The Maya codex describes Camazotz holding a knife of sacrifices in one hand; and his victim in the other. https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/05/camazotz-the-maya-batman/ Nice god! Not! Quote . In Mesoamerica the bat was associated with night, death, and sacrifice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camazotz The head is where the similarity ends, I do not recall the Warner Bros Batman killing people and doing sacrifices. It also seems there are many different images of this Camazotz, here is another one... Quote He recalled that Batman, perhaps to the sadness of some followers of DC Comics, is not the first reference of an enigmatic anthropomorphic being with a man’s body and a bat’s head. The first world reference of something like that was the feared Camazotz. https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/05/camazotz-the-maya-batman/ Why sadness? Only the head is similar, everything is different. So what if there was another image of a batman before? There were cats and mice way before Tom and Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the13bats Posted May 23, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) i thought that was a modern artists conception of batman comic character not any actual maya artifact. like that old church that had a gieger looking alien gargoyle, it was added during a reovation but people mistakenly thought it was as old as the church, Edited May 23, 2019 by the13bats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted May 23, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, the13bats said: Like that old church that had a gieger looking alien gargoyle, it was added during a reovation but people mistakenly thought it was as old as the church, Yeah, I've seen people say this. How can it not be obvious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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