Ixtab
Sign in to saveAt the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1527–1546), Ix Tab or Ixtab ([iʃˈtaɓ]; "Rope Woman", "Hangwoman") was the indigenous Maya goddess of suicide by hanging. Playing the role of a psychopomp, she would accompany such suicides to heaven.
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Vinony's link graph records 157 inbound references to Ixtab, and connects out to Maya calendar, Maya mythology and list of Maya gods and supernatural beings.
It is catalogued under topics including Death goddesses, History of suicide and Hunting goddesses.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.caption
- Image from the Dresden Codex which may be a depiction of Ixtab.
- Deity.type
- Mayan
- Deity.image
- file:Ixtab.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Dresden Codex
- As a possible fabrication
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
At the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1527–1546), Ix Tab or Ixtab ([iʃˈtaɓ]; "Rope Woman", "Hangwoman") was the indigenous Maya goddess of suicide by hanging. Playing the role of a psychopomp, she would accompany such suicides to heaven.
== Sources == The only description of the goddess occurs in the Relación of the 16th-century Spanish inquisitor Diego de Landa:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ixtab” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.