Unsolved Mysteries In The World

Unsolved Mysteries In The World


Camazotz The Bat God of the Ancient Maya

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 10:47 PM PDT

Before the DC Comics 'invented' the Batman, there was a mysterious pre-Hispanic deity that symbolized night, death and sacrifice. It was known by the ancient Maya as Camazotz which had pointy ears, the body of a person and the head of a bat. The name Camazotz translates to either 'death bat' or 'snatch bat'. The Maya codex describes this mysterious figure holding a knife of sacrifices in one
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