Ixbalanque
deity underworld Maya single tradition · 2
Ixbalanque was one of the Maya Hero Twins of the Popul Vuh. He was the incarnation of Awilix.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Represented in western ballcourt markers from Classic Period through Late Postclassic.
Relationships
- allied with
- Qʼuqʼumatz
- sibling of
- Hunahpu
- aspect of
- Awilix
- manifested by
- Awilix
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Ixbalanque, one of the Maya Hero Twins of the Popul Vuh, was the incarnation of Awilix.”
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“their incarnations as the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Ixbalanque...the west marker would represent the descent of the sun into the underworld and would be carrying Ixbalanque/Awilix”
#33077 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5