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Mayan Iguana / Itzam Na
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Region: Maya, South America
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature

  • Fire God
  • Slept in caves
  • Would occasionally cause storms

"its myth telling how it hid the fire in the sky after quarreling with its wife and mother-in-law, and how the fire was rescued by the opossum" (p 9)

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