I knew i forgot one, the Jaguar reference.. the eater of men. I think the Jaguar connection is just her Totem/Spirit Animal. but, yeah, she also has animal claws from time to time in some of her depictions. The Jaguar is also a clan name or family crest which is associated with War, hence, the War Goddess aspect.
you asked me about what her head dress meant or what was it. In the comics depiction I cant tell you since in the comics it appears to be a generic lazy attempt to draw a Mayan type head dress.
Her head dress in her Mayan Depictions is usually a snake or snakes. which is all symbolic with life and rebirth, wisdom and connection to the earth and spirits.
In Native American Mythology the Snake is not a symbol of evil like it is in other religions.
as for the advance post human race thing that is an explanation for some of earth Gods like the Eternals and some being advance dimensional aliens as was once the Asgardian explanation. I dont mind if these gods end up being ancient humans who usurped the names of the real gods.. which Apocalypse once did himself and other lesser gods also did like Seth.
Storylines involving the Council Of Godheads often showcase godly races such as the Asgardians/Aesir as magical entities , that were formed/evolved from Earth's mystical energies(shaped by mankind's nascent religious beliefs) .
And as far as I remember , Itzamna was a member of the Council , which indicates that the Mayan Gods should be the counterparts to the Aesir and Olympians .
The Eternals , as far as I recall , never had one of their own as a member of the CoG .
Therefore either the Mayan Gods have been retconned , or these guys just aren't the real deal .
Spider-Man is currently one of the few titles written by someone who actually actually can write a decent story and respects the past at the same time.
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IIRC , Ajak was never really a member of the Mayan Pantheon . Like the Olympian Eternals , he was basically an impostor of the traditional gods . Right ?
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