Birds and other wildlife played a crucial role in religion and mythology of the Maya., Some species being associated with certain gods and celestial bodies, or they relate to the calendar or other areas of Maya society.
The jaguar, which the Maya considered as the top predator, became logically associated with the most important celestial body, the Sun Also, the Maya worshiped a collection of jaguar gods who identified with the underworld, night, caves, stealth and hunting.
Another less obvious association was established between the alligator and Itzamna, the former supreme deity of the Maya. Less was the affinity between the rabbit and the moon, "the Mayans believed that the moon could see the outline of a rabbit."
On the other hand, the Maya reserved for animals of symbolic value when naming individuals and communities as well as the days and months of the sacred calendar. Two the first four human beings were called Quitze Jaguar and Jaguar Night. Also, the harpy step to personify the katun 20 years as baktun 400 years, and the divine twins and one single one came to mean craftsman eleventh day of the Mayan calendar, which predicted the future shamans. It was said that those born on that day were happy and fortunate.
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