We find the mention of a deity called Bolon Yokte in the ancient Mayan Hieroglyphs, sometimes mentioned plural and sometimes single. Who is this deity related with The Nine? They have differently been translated as the God of Nine Strides, the Nine-Footed God or Jaguar-Foot-Tree and Nine-Dog-Tree. They were considered as living in the Underworld Xibalba and were generally described as god(s) of conflict, warfare, and are hence linked with dangerous transition times, social unrest, eclipses, and natural disasters like earthquakes. It is said that at the end of a baktun, they would abandon their underworld realm and appear to the Earth’s surface to do battle with the 13 heavenly deities. Some scholars think of Bolon Yokte is his title and his actual name is not known to anyone.

In 2009, Michael Grofe published an essay called, The Name of God L: Bolon Yokte’ K’uh? In which he pointed out that the right sanctuary panel from the Temple of the Cross at Palenque (one of the pibnaahs), shows an image of God L, the cigar-smoking Lord of the Underworld, in which he carries the “skeletal centipede”, and that on it are clearly shown nine footprints. He concludes that God L and Bolon Yokte (the God of Nine Steps) could be the same deity, and that Bolon Yokte could be a group of deities that together, are the Lords of the Underworld.

Various inscriptions suggest that this Maya god was associated with warfare, conflict and the underworld, but also with creation. He is connected with World Tree, the Mayan symbol of the Milky Way. He is mentioned in several Maya inscriptions. In one inscription he seems to be interacting with deified crocodile-tree, the symbol of Milky Way.

His presence at the time of Creation

John Major Jenkins (author of Mayan Cosmogenesis 2012) says, “apart from symbolizing war, conflict, and the underworld, Bolon Yokte is a god that is often present during Creation events.

He has appeared on the vase of the seven gods, one of the gods present during creation of our present world!

From Ancient Aliens The star people of Ancient Maya-timeline=30:57

Erich Von Deniken: Bolon Yokte Ku was one of the Maya gods who was present with the creation of man.

Georgio Tsukolos: Who was this Bolon Yokte? According to the documents that have survived and they are only fragmentary, he was always described as someone with great powers who had the capacity of flight and who had incredible knowledge about the universe.

Edwin Barnhart, Phd—Archaeologist-Director, Maya Exploration Center: The god Bolon Yokte is not a very well understood god. Sometimes he is associated with texts that talk about the beginning of creation back in 3114 BC and we see him in some context that seemed to be connected with war.

Georgio Tsukolos: There is another reference to Bolon Yokte at Palenque in temple 14 where it is clearly stated that Bolon Yokte appeared on earth over 900,000 years ago. (Was this period computed in the sacred year of 260 days?) and why would anyone in their right mind record a date that goes back over 900,000 years ago? Well something happened something very significant and according to the ancient texts that is when Bolon Yokte descended to earth from sky.

Markus Eberl (Tulane University, New Orleans,USA) and Christian Prager (University of Bonn, Germany) wrote an essay called “Bolon Yokte K’u – Maya conception of war, conflict and the underworld” they wrote in the abstract of it:

The Identification of Bolon Yokte Ku on the “Vase of the Seven Gods” (K2796) underscores its importance as one of the gods that were present during the creation of the present world.

Was Bolon Yokte Satan Himself?

According to the Chilam Balam (Mayan Sacred Books) this god defied the god L (the great god) and he asked for help to the other gods to defeat him and eventually lose that war. This resembles more the great heaven war on which the Satan was defeated by god’s army.

A quick analysis of the narrations of three major divine religions of the world about creation suggest that if this god was present at the time of creation of human being then he must be the Satan himself when he was called Azazil in the heavens because, he was the only person, except the angels, present at the time of creation of Adam.

Ayah 34 of chapter 2 of Quran describes the presence of Satan at the time of creation of Adam

And (remember) when I said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam.” And they prostrated except Iblis (Shaytan), he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah). (2:34)

In fact many things were created before the creation of Adam and perhaps Azazil saw many creation events.

Satan’s landing on Earth with an army of angels to cope with rebellion

Georgio Tsukolos: There is another reference to Bolon Yokte at Palenque in temple 14 where it is clearly stated that Bolon Yokte appeared on earth over 900,000 years ago. (Was this period computed in the sacred year of 260 days?) and why would anyone in their right mind record a date that goes back over 900,000 years ago? Well something happened something very significant and according to the ancient texts that is when Bolon Yokte descended to earth from sky.

Does this text represent the Satan’s landing on Earth with Angels to fight the rebels that caused the bloodshed on earth?

To deal with these rebels, according to three divine religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, God Almighty sent an army of angels in the leadership of a jinn named Azazil (who later called ‘the Satan’ after being cursed and banished from the heavens by God Almighty). They fought with those rebels and terminated their rebellion by banishing them from the lower earth and expelled them towards the wilderness, mountains and islands.

There are obvious and undeniable similarities between Bolon Yokte and The Satan. This is very possible that the god of Maya, bolon yokte was in fact Satan himself and other lesser gods were his allies to subdue humanity.