K'awiil
K'awiil is a closely related deity to Chaac, and personifies the lightning axe. In Yucatec, K'awiil is called Bolon Dzacab.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Classic Maya period
Relationships
- aspect of
- Chaac
- co occurs with
- Tepeyollotl, god M, Bolon-Yokte, Huraqan, Bolon Dzacab, Huitzilopochtli, Choc, Ometecuhtli, Omecihuatl, Itzamna
- allied with
- god L
- syncretized with
- Tezcatlipōca, Tohil, Cocijo, God K, Bolon Tzacab, Huracan, U Kʼux Kaj
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“He often carries a shield and a lightning axe, the axe being personified by a closely related deity, K'awiil, called Bolon Dzacab in Yucatec.”
#32916 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The Classic Maya god of rulership and thunder, K'awiil, was depicted with a smoking obsidian knife in his forehead and one leg replaced with a snake.”
#33028 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“K'awiil (God K). God L is often combined and related with K'awill (also known as god K), the lightning deity who, as an owner of the seeds, was considered a bringer of abundance. More specifically, god L can extend the head of god K, or carry an infant god K in a sling on his back.”
#33164 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“K'awiil, also rendered Kauil, is a symbol of sacred kingship, continuity, and divine order. The K'awiil sceptre embodied divine legitimacy, justice, and the moral obligations of sacred rule under the one supreme Creator.”
#33189 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5