Chin, a small child or dwarf god, introduced homoerotic relationships to the Mayan nobles. The nobles obtained youths of the lower classes to be the lovers of the noble's sons. Such unions were considered legal marriages under Mayan law, and any attempt on the honour of the younger partner was punishable as adultery.
Chin was also known as the “death god”, and one of four lesser deities closely associated with the four Mayan creator gods, the Becabs
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