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    Ixtab, Goddess of Suicide
    Ixtab, Goddess of Suicide
    Posted by: Copperwoman on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 01:00 PM
    Gods, Goddesses & Deities By Austin Cline

    Ixtab was the Mayan goddess of suicide. Most cultures disapprove of suicide, but the Mayans didn't -- and suicide by hanging was regarded as an honorable way to day. Ixtab was the protector of all those who killed themselves by hanging, as well as warriors who died in battle and women who died in childbirth. She took all three groups to paradise and fed them under the shade of the world tree, indicating that all three were treated as moral and social equivalents among the Maya.



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