Yum Kaax
Yum Kaax (Mayan pronunciation: [jum kʼaːʃ], "Lord of the forest"), also known as Yumká[1] is a Yukatek Maya name for the god of the wild vegetation and guardian of its animals.[3] In ethnographic reality, Yum Kaax is a god of wild plants and of animals that are important to hunters.Pre-Columbian contact, Yum Kaax was considered one of the most important deities in the Maya pantheon and was used to help those who hunted for their food.Hunters far out in the wilderness would sometimes take off their shirt, spread it over four stakes in the ground, and then crawl underneath to try and find deer.[6] Maya sorcerers have learned many secrets from Yum Kaax and these would be used to help one get better results while hunting.