Xmucane
Xmucane is the mother of Hun Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu. She initially doubted Blood Moon's pregnancy but later recognized the truth. She is also the grandmother of One-Monkey, One-Artisan, Hunahpu, and Xbalanque.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Historical notes
- One of the original pair of daykeepers in Maya cosmology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lords of Xibalba, Ixtoj, Ixqʼanil, Kʼat, One-Monkey, One-Artisan, Guardians of Food, Egret Woman, Earth Deity, Hunahpu, Xbalanque, One-Death, Seven-Death, Blood Moon, Blood Gatherer, Owl Messengers, Vucub-Caquix
- allied with
- Xquic
- consort of
- Xpiacoc
- parent of
- Vucub Hunahpu, Hun-Hunahpu
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Here she goes to the house of Xmucane, the mother of Hun Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu, who lives with One-Monkey and One-Artisan, the firstborn children of Hun Hunahpu, which he conceived with Egret Woman. Blood Moon tells Xmucane she is pregnant with her grandchildren.”
#33229 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Xmucane ([ʃmukaˈne]) and Xpiacoc ([ʃpijaˈkok]), alternatively Xumucane and Ixpiyacoc (Xpiyacoc) , are the names of the divine grandparents of Maya mythology of the Kʼicheʼ people and the daykeepers of the Popol Vuh”
#33284 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Xquic sought the protection of Xmucane, the mother of Hun Hunahpu...Xmucane, one of the original pair of daykeepers, was certainly able to read such signs”
#33797 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5