Maya

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

The word Maya or maya can refer to:

Contents 1 Peoples 2 Art and Entertainment 3 Music 4 Television 5 Religion 6 Other 7 See also

Peoples

• The Maya — a Native American peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America
  • Maya peoples — the contemporary indigenous peoples
  • Maya civilization — the historical pre-Columbian civilization
  • Mayan languages — the family of languages spoken by the Maya

• Maya people (Australia), an Australian Aboriginal group

• Maya language - an unclassified language of Brazil that may be related to the Panoan family

Art and Entertainment

• Maya Angelou – author and poet
• Maya Lin – architect and sculptor
• Maya Deren – avant-garde filmmaker
• Maya Mishalska – a Mexican actress
• Maya Plisetskaya – a female danseuse
• Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live cast member

Music

• “Maya”, a song by the Incredible String Band
• Maya (singer) — the singer Maya Days (The Tamperer feat. Maya, "Feel it")
• Kim Young Sook — Korean singer (Maya, "Born To Do It")
• Maya, an album by Banco de Gaia

Television

• Maya – an hour-long television adventure series
• Maya the Bee – a character in a popular German children's book and television series
• Maya (Space: 1999), an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
• Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions, as portrayed by Kyrie Maezumi.

Religion

• Maya (Hinduism) — a concept in Hindu/Vedic philosophy
  • a state of misperception of reality
  • the inherent force of the Divine Mother (Devi)
• Maya (illusion) — a concept in Dharmic philosophy
  • the illusion of physical reality or superimposition of finite perception on the infinite reality
  • the idea of seeing the whole world as an illusion
• Mayasura, a demon (and a great architect) often known by the name Maya.
• Queen Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha

Other

• Maya (software) — A computer program (software) by Autodesk Media & Entertainment for creating 3D computer graphics
• Maya — the common name for the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Maya (Egyptian official) — an ancient Egyptian personage.
• Maya Gold — a brand of orange-flavoured, organic chocolate produced by Green & Black's and the first product ever to carry fairtrade labelling.
• Maya River — a river in the region of Sakha, Russia
• Maya (design) (MAYA) — a design consultancy located in Pittsburgh, USA
• Maya of Mirinoi, The Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
• Maya Ibuki, a character in the fictional Neon Genesis Evangelion anime universe
• Maya sticks, resin-rich wood used as a firestarter
• Maya, a book by Jostein Gaarder
• Maya, the Mistress of Illusion, is a demi-goddess who plays a minor role in Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light
• Maya (Ragnarok) is an MVP monster from the MMORPG Ragnarok Online
• Maya, a town in Western Australia

See also

• Maia

--Angel 06:57, 22 May 2006 (CDT)