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"Darklord Ixchel" is named after Ixchel, the Mayan goddess of midwifery and fertility. The original OCG card is instead named after Ixtab, the Mayan goddess of suicide by hanging.
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"Darklord Ixchel" is named after Ixchel, the Mayan goddess of midwifery and fertility. The original OCG card is instead named after Ixtab, the Mayan goddess of suicide by hanging.
Ancient records tell of an exalted Ronkan priestess who consigned her mortal flesh to flame, and in death rose anew, her soul eternally bound to the Greatwood. For thousands upon thousands of years has she watched over these lands.
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Ixtab— an untouchable, ubiquitous manifestation of depression
SLYTHERIN: "I'm surrounded by imbeciles." –J.C. Cervantes (Ixtab: The Shadow Crosser)
Looking into it, I think Ixtab might be in the same boat as Chernobog... There’s that picture of the lady hanging by a rope in the Dresden Codex, but as far as I’ve seen, the only person that seems to actually talk about the deity is Diego de Landa... I dunno, pretty sus
Searching around for something to add to this, I found this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4z1rt0/is_the_mayan_godess_of_suicide_ixtab_legit/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4z1rt0/is_the_mayan_godess_of_suicide_ixtab_legit/
The answerer provides good reasoning of their own but also provides a link to an academic paper’s abstract, here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-abstract/63/1/1/9295/Unraveling-Ix-Tab-Revisiting-the-Suicide-Goddess
Succinctly, suicide by hanging didn’t seem to be a Maya thing at all, though it did exist in Spanish culture. So, Ixtab as the goddess of suicide by hanging seems to be de Landa’s invention.
...Another god rejected...
