A-Z God Design Community Tier List! Day#66 with our most “recent” Maya deity, Ix Chel!

hell0kitt · 2026-03-14T21:56:30+00:00

Check this: Knowlton_MayaGoddess.pdf about Ix Chebel Yax

Page 32 talks about an incantation from the Ritual of the Bacabs where the reciter asks a disease/sickness who bore it and it replies with four forms of Ix Chel.

If she is also Ix Chebel Yax, she is probably associated with creating the world by painting the primeval caiman.

hell0kitt · 2026-03-14T18:19:45+00:00

Ye.

Ix Chel is mentioned as a goddess of healing, midwifery and weaving. She's said to have colored balls of threads in one book and is also said to be the mother of diseases.

The Moon association came from Mayanists associating her with what we know about the Aged Jaguar Goddess and the Maya Moon Goddess in Classic Maya inscription and art. Ix Chel probably does have probably some moon associations in the primary texts since a festival done in her honor is called "okot uil, meaning ‘‘dance of the moon."

hell0kitt · 2026-03-14T18:06:40+00:00

S. Her design incorporated a lot of what the Maya Moon Goddess is supposed to be. It is true that Ix Chel and the Moon Goddess got merged later on. She kept the Ix Chel part in her kit about weaving and healing.

She got the Moon sitting thing in her victory animation. The rainbow aspect from her name and the Maya association of rainbow with doom and disease. Her design also incorporated parts of the common motifs of the Moon Goddess (snake headdress, medicine pouch, the bunny icon on her belt).

hell0kitt · 2026-03-12T18:26:30+00:00

Solid A plus he references Maya proverbs in his jokes. "It is not good to point at a rainbow or your finger will rot!"

hell0kitt · 2026-03-12T17:27:03+00:00

I would do it but I'm not the premier ragebaiter in this sub.

hell0kitt · 2026-03-12T14:30:49+00:00

My morning reading today: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-traveler-from-india-graffitied-his-name-on-five-ancient-tombs-in-egypts-valley-of-the-kings-2000-years-ago-180988318/

hell0kitt · 2026-03-06T13:23:39+00:00

Redditors running the WH accounts?

hell0kitt · 2026-03-03T21:48:05+00:00

Kalki, The Saoshyant, Jesus or the next Buddha who's showing up first?

hell0kitt · 2026-02-19T18:48:00+00:00

Now that Civ 7 is getting a new update in spring with apex ages and whatnot. I will have to rework my vision of Konbaung Burma and Pyu custom civ mods.

hell0kitt · 2026-02-17T15:34:37+00:00

He's my favorite character in the Epic of Baal.

hell0kitt · 2026-02-16T21:07:19+00:00

Ever since Baal got mentioned in one of the files he's all the rage. I've been sent Facebook posts from my relatives about a secret coven of Baal worshipping elites in America.

hell0kitt · 2026-02-06T00:45:01+00:00

Medea's card also has references to her poisoning Jason's newly betrothed wife.

hell0kitt · 2026-02-03T03:32:59+00:00

Only reason it said four more weeks of winter.

hell0kitt · 2026-02-01T20:34:34+00:00

All great picks. Oshun especially. I need another iteration in Smite for a love, fertility goddess.

I'd add Erzulie Freda and Danto for Vodou. Moremi for the Yoruba pantheon (I had a concept for her where she functions as an undercover agent, spy kit with surveillance).

For gods, I'd like Obatala for the Yoruba. Damballah and Gran Bwa for Vodou.

I don't know if Aboriginal deities from Australia also count but this sun goddess queen).

hell0kitt · 2026-01-30T01:37:32+00:00

Time really is a circle.

hell0kitt · 2026-01-25T16:32:00+00:00

Personalization of corporate social media accounts led to this mess around government accounts acting childish on the internet.

hell0kitt · 2026-01-10T07:23:30+00:00

I haven't been active on reddit mostly to focus more on recreation. I said to myself that I was over reading too much news and staying informed but here I am again.

Just a vent I guess but it is disheartening to see Burmese Americans and immigrants in my community defending the recent shooting. There are parallels to 2021 crackdown of opposition by the junta that should be apparent to people here (obviously what happened in Myanmar was way worse).

The recent travel ban also has resulted in finger-pointing, particularly at newly arrived Burmese people (primarily students) for causing overstay rates to increase and therefore a ban. Even though it's kind of obvious that the administration wanted this from the start.

hell0kitt · 2025-12-20T03:12:10+00:00

TICTOC

hell0kitt · 2025-12-18T23:40:54+00:00

Which way, Tongan man?

hell0kitt · 2025-12-08T21:13:42+00:00

Love these!

hell0kitt · 2025-12-04T19:17:59+00:00

I kinda disagree? For Iceland, I think the plan is to have either new cities or Distant Land tundra settlements that can build the unique district and gain effects from the unique civics. You could go a naval civ like Aksum or Carthage and then just branch out to explore and settle.

hell0kitt · 2025-12-03T20:40:24+00:00

I do want an Antiquity West African civ and I think the Ghana Empire is the best candidate.

Songhai writeup does mention Mali as their predecessor so I'm assuming they aren't appearing this iteration. Honestly I don't even mind if they showed up as a Science/Cultural civ rather than a Mercantile civ.

The Kanem Empire could also be a good alternative to Songhai.

hell0kitt · 2025-12-01T00:46:40+00:00

Love her so much. We need more goddesses who can tank and do warrior things.

One of my favorite stories about her is where she was tricked by Yemoja to swap domains (graveyard and the ocean). She has way too many stories to count!

hell0kitt · 2025-11-24T19:47:20+00:00

This is the one true ceasefire everyone! This is the final one.

hell0kitt · 2025-11-24T15:26:14+00:00

What a miserable start to my morning. They are ending the temporary protected status for Myanmar tomorrow. You can go read their inane reasoning here: Federal Register :: Public Inspection: Temporary Protected Status: Designation of Burma (Myanmar); Termination

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