Zipacna
Zipacna is a giant figure in Maya mythology.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Maya mythology, details from oral traditions and colonial-era texts.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vucub-Caquix, Maya Hero Twins, Tepeyollotl, Cabrakán, Chimalmat, Gaoh, Dzunukwa, Kewawkqu’, Quinametzin, Tsul 'Kalu, Wechuge
- sibling of
- Cabrakán
- child of
- Chimalmat, Vucub-Caquix, Vucub-Caquix
- enemy of
- Four Hundred Boys, Hunahpu, Xbalanque
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Zipacna - Maya mythology”
#4575 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In his appearances, Vucub-Caquix is described as a demon bird and a false sun god with shining eyes that daily sat on a big tree to eat its fruits, he was also the father of Zipacna, an underworld demon deity, and Cabrakan, the Earthquake God.”
#33254 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“His brother is Zipacna, who is called a demon and was known for raising mountains...As Zipacna would raise mountains, which would destroy the land, Cabrakan would destroy them”
#33871 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the protagonist, Mike Raglan, discovers that the Anasazi... had travelled through a doorway to a parallel world ruled by a being known as 'The Hand' and the Lords of Shibalba... the chief antagonist among them... was known as Zipacna.”
#33967 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat