Hun-Chowen
According to the Popol Vuh of the Quiché Mayas, Hun-Chowen was an artist and musician who clashed with his half-brothers, the Maya Hero Twins. This conflict led to his humiliating transformation into a monkey. He was less positively valued among the Quiché than in other Maya traditions.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Recorded in the Popol Vuh; transformed into a monkey after conflict with the Maya Hero Twins.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Hun Batz
- enemy of
- Maya Hero Twins
- syncretized with
- Hun-Cheven
- co occurs with
- Vucub-Hunahpu, Xquic, Hun Batz, Howler monkey god, Tonsured Maize God, Hun-Ahan, Hunahpu, Xbalanque
- child of
- Hun-Hunahpu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Among the Quiché Mayas, they were less positively valued: according to the Popol Vuh, Hun-Chowen and Hun-Batz 'One-Howler Monkey' (both artists and musicians) clashed with their half-brothers, the Maya Hero Twins, a conflict which led to their humiliating transformation into monkeys.”
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“According to this source, Hun Hunahpu is the father of the Maya Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque. He is also the father of the twins' half-brothers, the patrons of artisans and writers, Hun-Chowen and Hun-Batz.”
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