Chin (Mayan god) 1902976 197329637 2008-03-10T21:25:51Z 152.18.53.17 '''Chin''' is one of the names mentioned by [[Las Casas]] for a deity said to have introduced [[homoerotic]] relationships to the [[Maya people]]s living in the 16th-century [[Verapaz]] provinces. Under customary law, such relationships, between men of different ages, were akin to legal [[marriage]]s, and any attempt on the [[honor]] of the younger partner was punishable as [[adultery]]. About Chin's mythological role, nothing else is known. ==External links== {{reflist}} *[http://books.google.com/books?id=PKOcc4hE_PkC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=mayan+god+homosexuality&source=web&ots=9HYA3buzdi&sig=f1zzP02AyIg3NgME1E7Bb2MeuQA&hl=en#PPA155,M1 ( The Pagan Man: Priests, Warriors, Hunters, and Drummers)] on Google Books. [[Category:Maya gods]] {{CentralAm-myth-stub}} {{reli-stub}} {{LGBT-stub}}