Akna

Akna may refer to:

  • Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth in Inuit mythology.
  • Akna, goddess of motherhood and birthing in Maya mythology.
  • AKNA, AT-hook transcription factor which contains AT-hook binding motif.
  • Akna, Armenian name of the now ghost town formerly being Agdam, Azerbaijan.
  • Lake Akna (Kotayk), a lake in the Geghama mountains, Armenia
  • Lake Akna (Armavir), a lake in the Ararat plain, Armenia
  • Maya mythology

    Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. Other parts of Maya oral tradition (such as animal tales and many moralising stories) do not properly belong to the domain of mythology, but rather to legend and folk tale.

    Sources

    The oldest written myths date from the 16th century and are found in historical sources from the Guatemalan Highlands. The most important of these documents is the Popol Vuh or 'Book of the Council' which contains Quichean creation stories and some of the adventures of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque

    Yucatán is an equally important region. The Books of Chilam Balam contain mythological passages of great antiquity, and mythological fragments are found scattered among the early-colonial Spanish chronicles and reports, chief among them Diego de Landa's Relación, and in the dictionaries compiled by the early missionaries.

    Akna (Inuit mythology)

    In Inuit mythology, Akna ("mother") is a goddess of fertility and childbirth.

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