Tonsured Maize God
A Classic Maya deity whose sphere of influence overlapped with that of the howler monkey god in the domains of arts and artisanship.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Classic Maya deity associated with arts and artisanship, with overlapping domains with the howler monkey god.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Foliated God, Hun Batz, Hun-Ahan, Hun-Cheven, Hun-Chowen, Jaguar God of Terrestrial Fire, Hun-Hunahpu, Maya Hero Twins, Hero Twins
- allied with
- Howler monkey god
- manifests as
- Hun-Hunahpu
- enemy of
- god L
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God.”
#33147 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In this theory, the Tonsured Maize God rising from a turtle carapace (the 'tomb' of the earth) is Hun Hunahpu resurrected, while the flanking Hero Twins are viewed as his sons rather than his coevals.”
#33178 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“steering the canoe with the Tonsured Maize God”
#33214 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“focuses on the tonsured maize god's interaction with an aged jaguar deity of trade, God L. This interaction is related to the hero's transformation into a cacao tree conceived as a "trophy tree." God L is assumed to have presided over the dry season dedicated to long-distance trade, warfare, and the cacao harvest, and the Tonsured Maize God”
#33940 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001