Bacabs
The Bacab was mistreated and killed by Ah Pukuh, but was resurrected three days later.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Francisco Hernández's work.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sucunyum, Kisin, Nuxiʼ, God A, Zaccimi, Hunab Ku, Yaxcocahmut, Austri, Four sons of Horus, Diggaja, Dikpali, Maitei Ngaakpa Lai, Norðri, Suðri, Vestri, god of the sky and wood, god of bees and honey, goddess of the Moon and the night, Pawahtuns, Itzamna, Kinich Ahau, God of rain, A fish god, Chorti rain gods, Chaac, Xpiyakok, Xb'alamQ'e, Tzuul Taq'a, Ix Chel, Bhairavas, Four Heavenly Kings, Mahavidyas, Matrikas
- sibling of
- Cizin, Nohochacyum, Hobnil, Cantzicnal, Saccimi, Hosanek
- enemy of
- Ah Pukuh, Bolon-ti-ku
- allied with
- Pauahtuns, Chaac, Oxlahuntiku, Ix Chel
- manifested by
- god of the interior of the earth and of thunder
- child of
- Itzamna, Ixchebelyax, Ix Chel
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“He is considered the brother of Nohochacyum and Bacabs.”
#13208 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Apart from these contexts, on a Copan bench, the earth-carrying Bacabs are paired off with death gods A. This may relate to the fact that in Yucatán, one of the four Bacabs was called "White Death" (Zaccimi).”
#13536 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It illustrates the intimate relationship existing between the Chaacs, the Bacabs, and the aged goddess, Ixchel. The main source on the 16th-century Yucatec Maya, Bishop Diego de Landa, combines the four Chaacs with the four Bacabs and Pauahtuns into one concept.”
#32919 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“As with the Bacabs, each of the rain gods was associated with a cardinal direction.”
#33011 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Of the 'Grandfathers' of the Gulf Coast corresponding to the Bacabs, the most powerful one is responsible for opening the rainy season. The four Earth-carrying old men are sometimes conceived as drowned ancestors who are serving for one year; then, other drowned men are substituted for them.”
#33102 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001