What does the tortoise in Mayan totem mean?

Meaning: on behalf of the earth world.

Description: The underground world is multi-layered and flat. There are nine layers in the underground world, and a god is in charge of each layer. The underground world is considered as a coexisting and invisible world, a world with gods, animals, plants and various residents. The secular world between heaven and underground world is the land floating on the sea. They sometimes use turtle backs to represent the land world. The surface of the secular world has four directions. Maya believed that the world tree connected three worlds: heaven, secular world and underground world. The crown of the tree extends to the heaven, the branches stand in the center of the secular world, and the roots are buried in the underground world.

Significance of Mayan Totem Tattoo: Maya Belief In the era of Mayan culture prosperity, religious belief occupied people's lives and influenced people's thoughts. Religion plays an important role in Maya's daily life. They worship different gods, such as corn god, rain god, sun god and moon god. These gods protected the lives of the Mayans. Therefore, the Mayans held many sacrifices and ceremonies, such as exorcising ghosts, praying and burning incense, and drinking corn wine. The wizard in charge of sacrifice has great power in Maya. They are considered to be the connection between human beings and supernatural forces, and have special knowledge of calendars, rituals and writing. The Mayans believed that heaven had thirteen floors, represented by cosmic monsters and sometimes crocodile images.

Maya: It is the general name and abbreviation of Maya and Mayan civilization. Maya civilization is an outstanding representative of ancient Indian civilization in South America and ancient American civilization, named after Indian Maya. Mainly distributed in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western Honduras and El Salvador. Although he was in the Neolithic Age, he made great achievements in astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, art and writing. Maya civilization was formed in 1500 BC, and an early slave state was established in 400 BC. It flourished in the 3rd-9th century A.D. and was destroyed by European immigrants such as Spanish in the 5th century. Since then, the Mayan civilization has declined and lost in the tropical jungle for a long time.