America

The name of the priest in Mayan Mexico who made ritual sacrifices and offered human hearts to the gods.

Bird and animal heads represent the ancestors of the indigenous tribes of Alaska.

Revered as a god because it can live on both land and sea, say the Creek tribe from the southeastern United States.

From the Inca past of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, to help shamans enter into a spiritual state.

Contains Apache animal symbols, prayer fetishes, and a talking stick. From the southwestern United States.

Used in drum circles and ceremonial dances in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Often associated with ghosts, supposedly a messenger from the grave, it is found mainly in the Arctic.

Buried along with the dead as an offering to Xiuhtecuhtli and other gods in the Aztec pantheon of Mexico.

A small malignant spirit of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, but will bring good luck if it gets treats.

A messenger who flew from the Upperworld to Earth, according to southeastern American legends.

From Tupe Village, Brazil, and made from the scales of various fish from the Amazon River.

Archeologists are still puzzled about the weird headgear. Maybe the wearers are alien visitors to Colombia.

A sacred pipe used in ceremonies. Tribal groups make smoke offerings in many parts of North America.

Legendary animals with evil reputations, banished from heaven, according to the Guarani tribe of Paraguay.

The Ancient Mexican carving held a bowl of sacrificial offerings that often included a human heart.

An ancient god of the Andes who ruled over Venezuela. Bats helped him talk with the dead.

The huge statue of Jesus Christ towers over the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

AKA the Black Christ, a popular Christian symbol in Guatemala, Panama, and Mexico.

A fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Originally from Tatooine, an alien planet based in California.

A dance celebrated by ghosts in the cemeteries of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the tango was created.

A tradition in Native American rituals. Once banned, now a cultural event of the Great Plains, especially in Oklahoma.

A mythical creature that flew from earth to heaven, mostly seen over the southwestern United States.

Carved and placed on burial grounds as gifts by tribes of the southwestern United States.

Her headdress has a rattlesnake's hemipenis on top, symbolizing power and fertility in ancient Mexico.

A shapeshifter of the Inuit, it changes easily from raven to seal, and is found on Baffin Island in Canada.

The ancient sun god of the Incas of Peru, his face is a gold disk from which rays shine.

Made of driftwood, from the Arctic area that includes Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

The incense burner is of a man wearing a mask representing Mexico's powerful jaguar god.

Shows a Bolivian shaman in a state of transformation, in which a jaguar is taking shape on his forehead.

The jaguar is a sacred animal in Central American countries like Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

One of the thousands of figurines buried with the dead on Jaina Island, Mexico. The facial scars indicate a god.

The shaft-tomb figurine is from Mexico. Over 2,000 years old, it was probably put there to protect the dead.

Is a spirit being who teaches traditional beliefs to the Pueblo children of the southwestern United States.

The humpbacked flute player is a fertility symbol revered by the Hopi and other tribes of the United States.

A tribal fetish made by the Karajá women of Brazil's Bananal Island (the world's largest river island).

The death mask of a Mayan king in Mexico was embellished with gold and turquoise.

A spiritual healer who carries sacred items and wears a mask. He is revered all over Native North America.

The Mezcala Civilization of Mexico is some 2,000 years old and is renowned for its stone sculptures.

Fertility figures from the Moche civilization that flourished some 2000 years ago in Peru.

An ancient carved figure found on a cliff in the American Southwest, he is possibly a Navajo deity.

The mysterious statues from Mexico were placed in burial chambers connected to the earth by a vertical shaft.

A musical instrument of Belize, played in ancient Mesoamerican rites.

Belongs to the Ndyuka, an ancient South American religion based in Suriname and French Guiana.

Traps bad dreams from sleeping children and originates from Canada and northeastern U.S.

The colossal basalt heads were forgotten for nearly 3,000 years until their rediscovery in Mexico.

She first appeared to Juan Diego at the Hill of Tepeyac in Mexico, and miracles occurred not long afterward.

Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte has the form of a female skeleton, revered in Mexico.

Born in Argentina, he is the head of the Catholic Church, and lives in the Vatican, Italy.

Woven (a tradition going back hundreds of years) from the sacaton grass of Mexico.

The Feathered Serpent was a prominent deity of the Mexican Aztecs and one of the few gods who could fly.

Belong to a mysterious Precolumbian civilization, long vanished but that once thrived in Colombia.

Shaken to pray for rain by the Mapuche people of the world's driest desert, the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Made famous in the horror novel by Ira Levin. Both film and book are set in the city of New York.

Known as Lazarus in the New Testament, he is now a part of the Santeria religion of Cuba.

About 12,000 years old and probably a sacred figure, he is carved on a rock wall in Utah, the United States.

A whistle once used during human sacrificial rituals in Mexico and Central America.

The Shuar are headshrinkers of the Amazon. They live in the rainforests of Ecuador and Peru.

Found on rock carvings in Argentina. It was a totem creature of the pre-Inca Cachaqui tribe.

Was placed over the face of a corpse. From the ancient Tairona civilization of Colombia.

A drum used in the religion of the Brazilian coast and Amazon Basin, South America.

The Tcha Tcha is part of the Santeria religion in the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean.

The great and mysterious Teotl (which means "god") was the most powerful of the many gods of the Mexican Aztecs.

An Aztec drum in the form of a banished god. Comes from Guatemala, Central America.

Winged, with magical powers, it is is a legendary creature found throughout North-American Indian culture.

The two heads of the ancient Mexican Tlatilco figurine might have given magical powers to the owner.

The Aztec goddess of birth in Ancient Mexico is shown with her baby's head emerging from between her thighs.

An ancient protective charm from Colombia, made of gold, in the shape of an animal.

Lets the shaman enter a trance. Revered by Pueblo Indians of the southwest United States.

Placed as protection on the prow of reed boats of Lake Titicaca, bordering Peru and Bolivia.

First seen in Medieval Spain, they now appear in fetes as fun figures on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico.

A god in the Inca mythology of Bolivia and Peru. The hands hold thunderbolts and the tears fall as rain.

An effigy that can carry both good and bad luck, it is often seen at night in Haiti and Louisiana.

A spirit mediator who talks to the Great Spirit and the Navajo of the southwestern United States.

The ashes of the Zapotec people of Ancient Mexico were placed in an urn hidden behind a figurine.

Revived from the dead to function as humans, many are from the Caribbean island of Haiti.