Vucub-Came
deity underworld Maya single tradition · 2
Vucub-Came, meaning "Seven-Death", is a Death God who rules over Xibalba, the "Place of Fright". He is one of a pair of Death Gods who rule over a series of disease-bringing deities. He was defeated by the Hero Twins, who put restrictions on his cult.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mictlāntēcutli
- syncretized with
- Cizin
- sibling of
- Hun-Came
- enemy of
- Hero Twins
- allied with
- Hun-Came
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“To the Yucatán Mayas he was Hun-Came and Vucub-Came.”
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“Death Gods, Hun-Came ("One-Death") and Vucub-Came ("Seven-Death"), rule over a series of disease-bringing deities. They defeat the Death Gods and put restrictions on their cult.”
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