Kisin
deity underworld Lacandon single tradition · 1
Kisin is a death god in the oral tradition of the Lacandon people. He acts as the antipode of the Upper God in the creation of the world and of the human body and soul. This death god inhabits an Underworld that is also the world of the dead.
When
- First attested
- 1970 CE
- Attested period
- 1970 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Oral tradition recorded in the 1970s.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Mictlāntēcutli
- co occurs with
- One Death, Seven Death, Yum Kimil, Ah Pukuh, Nuxiʼ, Ah Puch, Hunhau, Uacmitun Ahau, Hun Ahau, Bacabs
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The skeletal death god Kisin plays a prominent role in Lacandon mythology, chiefly in the following tales: (i) The creation of the underworld by the upper god, involving the upper god's death at the hands of Kisin, his resurrection, and Kisin's confinement to the underworld”
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