Kinich Ahau
Kinich Ahau is a god of the Sun in Maya tradition. He is a solar deity representing the sun's power and presence in Maya cosmology.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2000
- Historical notes
- Attested from Classic Maya period through 20th century among southern Lacandons; 16th-century Yucatec name recorded.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kinich Kakmo, God D, Twins, Maya maize god, aged god L, Hunab Ku, Yaxcocahmut, A fish god, Jaguar God of the Underworld, Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire, Ix Chel, Antü, Siqiniq, Akycha, Ah Kin, Hunahpu, Goddess I, Chaac, Bacabs
- consort of
- moon goddess
- syncretized with
- Itzamna
- sibling of
- God of rain
- manifests as
- Night Sun
- manifested by
- Itzamna
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Kinich Ahau, god of the Sun”
#15434 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to them, Kinich Ahau, the elder brother of the upper god, will put an end to this world by descending from the sky and have his jaguars devour mankind.”
#16809 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Although, in oral tradition, the goddess is often treated as the consort of the Sun Deity, Classic iconography does not insist on this (see Kinich Ahau).”
#18855 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“brother to Kinich Ahau.”
#33008 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“he has been assumed to be the 'Night Sun' - the shape supposedly taken by the sun (Kinich Ahau) during his nightly journey through the underworld - by reason of having the large eyes and filed incisors that also occur with the sun deity, and of sometimes evincing a k 'in infix”
#33204 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001