Hunahpu
Hunahpu is one of the Maya Hero Twins in Maya mythology. He transformed into the Sun while his brother transformed into the Moon, becoming a solar deity through this divine metamorphosis.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Represented in ballcourt markers from Classic Period through Late Postclassic.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kinich Ahau, God G, Cuchumaquic, Ixmucane, Lords of Xibalba, Hun-Hunahpu, Itzamna, Awilix, Hun-Chowen, Vucub-Hunahpu, Hun Batz, Hun Batz, Hun Choven, First Father, One-Maize-revealed, Wakah-Chan, Xbalanque, Maya Hero Twins, One-Death, Seven-Death, Vucub Hunahpu, Blood Gatherer, Owl Messengers, Xmucane, One-Monkey, One-Artisan, Guardians of Food, Egret Woman, Earth Deity, Xquic, Xibalba, Hun-Hunahpu, Antü, Siqiniq, Akycha, Ah Kin
- sibling of
- Xbalanque, Ixbalanque
- enemy of
- Zipacna, lords of the Underworld (Xibalba), Vucub-Caquix, Vucub-Caquix, One Howler Monkey, One Artisan
- aspect of
- Tohil
- allied with
- Qʼuqʼumatz, Xbalanque, Jaguar Twin Hero
- child of
- Ixquic, Blood Moon, Xquic, Hun, Hun-Hunahpu, Hun-Hunahpu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Hunahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins; he transformed into the Sun while his brother transformed into the Moon”
#15433 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, although stated to have changed into Sun and Moon, are never shown assimilated to God G”
#16802 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Qʼuqʼumatz in the act of carrying Hunahpu, the youthful avatar of the sun god Tohil, across the sky...their incarnations as the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Ixbalanque”
#33074 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“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. Hun Hunahpu is paired with his brother, Vucub-Hunahpu”
#33170 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hunahpu and Xbalanque played ball in the same court that their father and his brother had played in long before them. When One Hunahpu and his brother had played, the noise had disturbed the Lords of Xibalba, rulers of the Maya Underworld”
#33250 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001