found: Isunza Bizuet. A. Maximón, 2021:page 33 (Maximón is a sacred figure venerated by the inhabitants of Santiago Atitlán [Guatemala]. The origin of his cult dates to the late 19th century, according to the ethnological records of the anthropologists who interested themselves in the study of this sacred personage and succeeded in recognizing in his figure some ritual and mythic elements of Mesoamerican antiquity. The oldest record found about the existence of Maximón dates from 1914, when the archaeologist Samuel Lothrop carried out a fieldwork stay in Santiago Atitlán and took notice of the conflict between the bishop of Guatemala and the Tzutuhil devotees, who, though Catholic, at the same time venerated Maximón, whose image they kept at the cofradía of the Holy Cross and placed in the church of Santiago during Holy Week) p. 159 (chapter title: Diffusion and devotions to the Maximón of Santiago Atlitlán as San Simoń: state of the question; Notable is the increase in number of places of devotion and belief in the sacred but apocryphal personage San Simón, who, because of his tight relationship to the cult originating in Santaigo Atitlán, has aroused the interest of anthropologists, sociologists, historians and one psychoanalyst)
found: Work cat.: Pédron-Colombani, S. Maximón, c2004:t.p. (Guatemalan god, saint or traitor) p. xiii-iv (cult dedicated to Maximón, also called San Simón, the half-god, half-saint originating from an Indian community on the shores of Lake Atitlán; to the Indians, he belongs to the Catholic religion that they were given by the Spanish; aspect of Mayan heritage inherent in the cult; intercultural hybridisation; various legends on the mythical beginnings of the deity; the character's traditional image) jkt. (embodies St. Michael, Simon Peter, Judas, the Mayan god Mam, the conquistador Pedro de Alvarado)
found: Worldmark encyclopedia of religious practices, 2015, via WWW, viewed September 15, 2022:under Guatemala (In some communities a representation of San Simón (commonly known as Maximón) unites Maya spiritual traditions with the veneration of a Catholic saint. Sometimes portrayed as a Judas figure (betrayer of Christ), Maximón receives attention from both Maya and Ladinos)
found: Encyclopedia of precolonial Latin America (prehistory to 1550s), 2017, via WWW, viewed September 15, 2022:under Maya civilization (Religious syncretism developed during the colonial period and continues in present practices such as veneration of Maximón in highland Guatemala)
found: Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures, 2006, via WWW, viewed September 15, 2022:under Maximón (The rum-gulping, cigar-puffing Mesoamerican deity Maximón may be the most enigmatic and controversial of the gods. Interpretations range from Maya identifications, such as a relationship to the uayeb of the Maya calendar, to biblical associations with the apostle Judas Iscariot. Maximón is just one facet of a complex deity who is worshiped in various cult centers in Guatemala. There is no central organization of the cult, and the deity varies from town to town. He is everywhere addressed by a multitude of names, each reflecting some particular trait. In customary usage, the name “Maximón” is specific to the cult as it exists in the Tzutuhil town of Santiago Atitlán. Only in the late twentieth century was the name adopted elsewhere. Indicative of the deity's complexity, the name “Maximón” has multiple meanings: it is a conflation of Ma--an ancient Maya god, and one of Maximón's primary names--with the biblical Simon)
found: LCSH, viewed October 14, 2022:(Maximón (Legendary character))
