Camazotz

Camazotz is the Mayan god of bats.

History
Camazotz was often referred to as the monsters found in the Bat House in Xib’alb’a. Hero twins, Jun'ajpu' and Xb'alamkej, were placed in the house as part of their test by the lord of the underworld. The two were to spend the entire night there, but they had squeezed themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves from the circling bats. However, when Jun'ajpu' briefly peeked out to see if the sun came up, Camazotz cut his head off and carried it to the ball court. It was used in the next ball game, Xb'alamkej replaced his brother's head with a gourd and won back his real head in the game.

Trivia

 * The name "Camazotz" means "death bat" in the Kʼicheʼ.