THEORY
GOD RE-ENVISIONED:
AH MUZEN CAB
By Tanner Schelle
Many of you know our buzzing little hunter friend Ah Muzen Cab. While
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not in favor of many players anymore, I love to play him.
hrowing down a hive
and getting that attack
another guardian on our hands!
Hundreds of years ago, in the
of course, honey. The Mayans
coveted the honey and found it to
time of gods, materials we find
be just as sweet and delicious as
satisfying as I melt an opposing
to be cheap and easily accessible
we do to this day. They worshipped
Apollo’s face right off and use
were rare delicacies for our
the bees and manifested a god
my annoying laugh as I destroy
ancestors. Sugar is one of these
out of this worship. Ah Muzen Cab
his defenceless tower. I can’t but
delicacies. Many humans did not
is the god of bees and honey to
wonder why he was chosen to be
have easy access to sugar and
the Mayan people. The Mayans
a Hunter. It would make sense
growing sugar cane meant refining
worshipped Ah Muzen Cab for his
if he shot auto attacks out of his
it causing more time and effort for
contribution of honey to the people.
stinger but instead he uses an odd
a very small yield. Some ancient
He is often depicted upside down,
arm cannon. This makes me think
civilizations such as the Mayans
or diving towards the ground.
that maybe his kit could be used
however found their sugar from a
Some see this as a sign of the
in another way. I think we have
golden, sticky goo. This goo was,
fertility of Earth, others say it is
speed boost is so
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