The ancient Maya believed that suicides went directly to paradise. They had a special goddess who was considered the particular patron of those who killed themselves by hanging. Her name was Ixtab - She of the Rope - goddess of suicide. This goddess can be seen in the Dresden codex, where she appears hanging from the sky by a rope which is coiled around her neck. Her eyes are closed in death and on one of her cheeks is a black circle which represents the discoloration of the flesh due to decomposition. She is also associated with the deceitful goddess Xtabay, who appears at night in the form of a beautiful long-haired woman offering pleasure to young men, and then loses them in the woods. Those who return go mad pining for her love, and others are lost forever in the forest. Since Ixtab's portrait appears in pages concerned with eclipses, it has been said that she may be a variant of the moon goddess, who is directly connected with eclipses. Due to her malevolent customs, she is also considered to be a manifestation of Cizin, the Devil.

Also according to Landa, suicides were led to paradise by Ix Tab, "She of the Rope", as the patron goddess of hanged men was called. I doubt that there was a goddess with this sole function. It is most likely that the moon goddess undertook it, for the following reason: in the tables of eclipses in the Dresden codex there appears a goddess with a rope around her neck, and a goddess of hanging would be out of place here, whereas a moon goddess is perfectly appropriate to a table of eclipses.

Introduction|Itzamna|Chac|Yum Kax|Ah Puch
Ek Chuah|Ah Katun|Xaman Ek|Ixchel|Ixtab