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Itzamna (ētsäm`nä), chief deity of the Maya. Son of Hunab Ku, the creator, he was believed to be lord of the heavens, day, and night. Thought by the Maya to have been the inventor of writing and books, Itzamna was, by extension, creator of the calendar and chronology. He was a benevolent deity.

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No references found			According to legend, the pyramid was built by the Mayan god Itzamna in a single night. The Yucatan Peninsula Caribbean Beauty Meets Mayan Wonders by Ann Knapp / Travel, recreation and leisure community It was founded in 1514 by the priest Lakin Chan who was also called Itzamna. The Dragons by Robert Bruce Baird / Politics community The order, meticulousness and all-consuming intensity of each of the myriad objects displayed in Treasures of Sacred Maya Kings is indisputable—whether it be a plate, a piece of jewelry, a stele or the lid of a pot featuring the God Itzamna perched on the back of a peccary. Ancient Mayan Treasures Still Provoke Troubling Questions by Mario Naves / The New York Observer			Ittai ITU ITU X.209 ITU-R BT.601 ITU-T ITU-T X.680 Itul iTunes iTunes Plus iTunes Store iTunes tagging iTunes U Ituraea Iturbi, José Iturbide, Agustin De Iturbide, Agustín de Itúrbide, Agustín De Iturrigaray, José de Iturup Ituzaingó, battle of ITV ITX ITXC Itys Itzá Itzamna Itzehoe Itzik Fefer Iu Larin Iua Abasovich Kogonia Iua Kogonia Iubileinoe Iubileinyi Iudakhin, Konstantin Kuzmich Iudenich, Nikolai Iudenich, Nikolai Nikolaevich Iudif Glizer Iudif Samoilovna Glizer Iudin, Gennadii Iudin, Gennadii Vasilevich Iudin, Konstantin Iudin, Konstantin Konstantinovich Iudin, Pavel Iudin, Pavel Fedorovich Iudin, Sergei Iudin, Sergei Sergeevich Iudoma Iudoma-Maia Highland Iudoma-Maía Highland Iudovskii, Vladimir Iudovskii, Vladimir Grigorevich			ITWS ITWSBT ITWT ITWTCITD ITWV ITWWP ITWYM ITX ITX ITXC ITXC ITXI ITXM ITY ITYBIHTSY ITYF ITYJ ITYLD ITYM Ityop'ia Ityop'ia ITYR Itys Itys Itz Itza Itzá Itzam Na Itzamna Itzamnaaj Itzchak Itzchak Itzehoe Itzehohe Itzhak Itzhak Itzibu Itzik Fefer Itzik Feffer ITZL ITZN iTZX IU IU IU IU IU IÜ Iu Larin IU-PPD IU1 IU5 IU8 IUA Iua Abasovich Kogonia Iua Kogonia IUAA IUAC IUADP

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