Itzamna
deity sky Maya single tradition · 9
Itzamna is described as the upper god in Maya tradition. Kinich Ahau was apparently considered an aspect of Itzamna.
↻ synthesized from 9 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented by Las Casas.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ix Chel, Kinich Kakmo, Bʼatzbʼal, Xkitza, Nohochakyum, Principal Bird Deity, God of rain, A fish god, god L, K'awiil, god M, Bolon-Yokte, Tohil, Awilix, Ixbalanque, Hobnil, Cantzicnal, Saccimi, Hosanek, Oxlahuntiku, Xpiyakok, Xb'alamQ'e, Tzuul Taq'a, Bolon-ti-ku, Vucub-Caquix, Toci, Hunahpu, Chaac
- manifests as
- Kinich Ahau, bird avatar, Principal Bird Deity
- consort of
- Chac Chel, Ixchebelyax, Ix Chel
- parent of
- Bacabs
- syncretized with
- Qʼuqʼumatz, Hunab Ku, Yaxcocahmut
- has aspect
- Itzam Cab Ain
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Kinich Ahau was apparently considered an aspect of the upper god, Itzamna.”
#16799 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Ixchel figures in a Verapaz myth related by Las Casas, according to which she, together with her spouse, Itzamna, had thirteen sons, two of whom created heaven and earth and all that belongs to it.”
#18775 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Son of Itzamna and Ixchel.”
#33005 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“he combined his attributes with those of the Classic Period Chontal Maya creator god Itzamna”
#33073 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Hieroglyphically, one finds conflations of Itzamna (god D) and Bacab (god N), recalling the mythological filiation of the Bacab mentioned by Francisco Hernández.”
#33108 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001