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Ah Puch

deity of doom; represented as bloated corpse or skeleton. [Maya Myth.: Leach, 30]
See: Death
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The book is also rich with color photographs and illustrations of various underworlds and their inhabitants, such as Gustave Dore's exquisite drawing of furies, and cartoonish renderings of creatures like Ah Puch, ruler of the Mayan underworld.
Into the World of the Dead: Astonishing Adventures in the Underworld
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