Bolon Yaxche Mayan God: Guardian of the Dark Rift in the Galactic Centre

...people hear about the so-called end date of the Mayan calendar, and today some people have even created the illusion that the Mayan calendar was designed only to point out this end date. In reality, there is nothing to indicate that the ancient Maya who developed the Long Count calendar had any interest in what would happen as this calendar came to an end. Instead what the ancient Mayan scriptures talk about is its beginning. The exact date for this beginning was apparently based on the day of the year, August 11, when the sun was in zenith in Izapa...
~Carl Johan Calleman 

The Mayan Calendar is mythologized through varied interpretations that extend well beyond the popular "the world will end in 2012." Maybe not, as it turns out (I hope so though, because my sister has an awesome party planned!). According to Sven Gronemeyer (a "German expert") the inscriptions on the Mayan calendar actually describe the return of Bolon Yokte The Mayan Lord of Creation. Read article

"The Mayan calendar marks the end of a 5,126 year old cycle around December 12, 2012 which should bring the return of Bolon Yokte, a Mayan god associated with war and creation."
~Mayan experts

According to Mayan religion:
August of 3114 BC was the start of a new age and when the creation Lord was reborn.  Bolon Yokte K’u, is closely associated with war, conflict, the underworld and is a god that is often present during Creation events. His image and the date 3114 BC appear on the Vessel of the Seven Lords. 3114 BC is the beginning of the 13-Baktun cycle we are currently in. The beginning of the next 13- Baktun cycle occurs on December 21, 2012, the so-called end of the Mayan Calendar.

Bolon Yokte as depicted on the Vessel of the Seven Lords:

Legible text, according to recent translations by David Stuart, reads: “At the end of 13 Baktuns, on 4 Ahau 3 Kankin, 13.0.0.0.0; something occurs when Bolon Yokte descends.”  The occurring "something" is illegible. However, the creation lord Bolon Yokte is depicted. So 2012, most popularly thought of as the end of the world, is more likely to be a creation or recreation of the world.

Bolon is the name given to the nine gods of the underworld, and Yaxche (Yokte) is the Mayan sacred tree of heaven "under which good souls rejoice." Bolon Yokte is also referred to as the Mayan God of Judgement and the Diety Attending the World renewal. Bolon Yaxche is a mysterious god to many researchers of the Mayan religion and calendar. Not sure where the "Guardian of the Dark Rift in the Galactic Centre" came from, but I think every religion should have one.

Note: The calendar and other artifacts left by the Mayans have been subjected to westernized misinterpretations. I don't think the world will end in 2012. Do you?

Something else I learned: There seem to be a lot of people taking this "world ends on December 21, 2012" very seriously.