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Table 2. Gods of the Uinal
Alligator
Wind
Sun
Rattlesnake
Fire
INTRODUCTION
Death
Deer
Rope
(Hummingbird)
Dog
Monkey
Bee
(Corn)
[aguar
Bird
Rainbow
Buzzard
Flower
Rain
Lord
1. The alligator god is Itzam Cab Ain, clearly associated with the day
Imix and thought of as living in the underworld in the water and causing
earthquakes.
2. There were four wind gods, Ikil, clearly associated with the day Ik,
with the Type II yearbearers, and with the four directions. This is Kukul
Can as Ehecatl.
3. There were four Sun Giants, Pauah Tun, who were thought to hold
up the corners of the sky, and there was a sun god, Ku Kin. My relating
them to Akbal is a guess, which would associate them with the Type III
yearbearers. I believe this is also Kukul Can as Venus.
4. The rattlesnake god, Ahau Can, should perhaps be associated with
Chicchan, but I think he got displaced by the fire gods and by his association
with rain (Kukul Can as Tlaloc, Mayan Chac). There were four rain
gods, Chacob, who were also the yearbearers after 1539,- the senior one is
identified with the day Kan.
5. There were four fire gods called the Burners, Ah Toe, who were associated
with the Type V yearbearers, of which Chicchan is the senior member.
The god of this day is Kak Mo 'fire macaw'.
6. The death god, Ah Puch', is mentioned in the Tizimin and is clearly
associated with the day Cimi. This is Kukul Can as Mictlantecuhtli. In
the Chumayel there are four death gods, Tenel Ahau, associated with the
four directions and with Type I yearbearers.
7. The deer god, Zuhuy Zip, was probably associated with the day
Manik, which corresponds to 'deer' in Náhuatl and Quiche. He was also
associated with the third uinal of the year, which is also Zip. In modern
times he has become a plural set of spirits of the forest, but he is not
quadripartite.
8. The rope goddess, Ix Tab, was seemingly the goddess of the hanged.
Her association with Lamat is a guess. The similar goddess Ix Q'anil fits
here in the Quiche calendar.
9.1 do not find a deity for Muluc, but the ceremonial of the may clearly
places Hummingbird, Tz'unun, here. He is mentioned in the Chumayel
only by euphemisms, as Yax Um. Instead of being multiplied by four, he
is multiplied by nine to become the 9 Gods of the underworld.
10. The dog god, Pek, was probably associated with Oc, which corresponds
to the day 'dog' in Náhuatl and Quiche, but so is Nacxit 'four leg',
the fire guise of Kukul Can.
11. The monkey god, Maax, is clearly associated with the day Chuen.
12. The bee god, Muzen Cab, is associated with Eb only by guess.
13. The corn god may belong with Ben, which is the day 'corn' in
Quiche. He does not appear as such in the Chumayel or the Tizimin but
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