Ek Chuah

Ek Chuah
patron god of Cocoa, journeys, merchants, and travelers
Ek Chuah, patron deity of cacao, as depicted in the Dresden Codex
Other namesEk Chuaj, God M
GenderMale
Equivalents
ChristianSaint Christopher
GreekHermes
NorseMeili
RomanMercury

Ek Chuah, also transliterated as Ek Chuaj and known as God M in the Schellhas-Zimmermann-Taube classification of codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity and patron deity of cacao. Ek Chuah is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been depicted in hieroglyphs and artwork of various Maya sites and has been interpreted as a significant part of Maya religion.

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