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The Maya were a polytheistic people who believed in a multitude of gods and goddesses. The deities of the Maya pantheon governed every aspect of nature and human life and were quite complex characters. Maya gods and goddesses were dualistic in nature and were changeable. To date, at least 250 Maya deities have been identified. Interpretation was in the Eye of the Beholder The complexity of the Maya pantheon may in part be attributed to the way Maya society was organized. Unlike the Aztecs, who were able to integrate their entire cultural sphere into a single state, the Maya were not able to do so. Instead, the Maya civilization was a patchwork of loosely confederated political entities. Each Maya community
