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THE BATMAN

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   To some people Batman is believed to be a fictional character. YES . That could be true but not to some extent. Let's take a dive into the ocean of history about the Original Batman     Some 2,500 years ago, and even before DC Comics introduced us to Batman , the ancient Maya worshiped Camazotz, an ancient god that had the body of a person and the head of a bat, one of the most dominating dieties in the pre-Hispanic pantheon. Curiously, that description may sound awfully similar to a character most of us are familiar with, seeing him in movies, series, and comic strips. Camazotz (meaning ‘death bat’ in the Kʼiche’ Mayan language of Guatemala) originated deep in Mesoamerican mythology as a dangerous cave-dwelling bat creature. Beginning around 100 BCE, the cult of Camazotz worshiped an anthropomorphic monster with the body of a human, head of a bat. Camazotz is also one of the four animal demons responsible for wiping out mankind during the age of the first sun. Amongst the Zap...