Cucumatz (K’iche’ ruler)
Maya · mortal · postclassic · Recorded classification
K’iche’ ruler in the Popol Vuh’s Cumarcah narrative, distinct from creator Qucumatz. His transformations legitimate royal power.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Christenson note 733: probable father
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Co Tuha (earlier K’iche’ lord)Christenson, Popol Vuh (2007 electronic edition), pp. 250 note 733 and 258 note 775; historical commentary citing Carmack and Recinos (secondary)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Quicab: Christenson note 775: fatherChristenson, Popol Vuh (2007 electronic edition), pp. 250 note 733 and 258 note 775; historical commentary citing Carmack and Recinos (secondary)
Names and tradition associations
- Qucumatz (creator) Popol Vuh, The Glory of the Lords of Cumarcah, Christenson 2007, pp. 256–257; creator/ruler distinction: p. 250 note 733 (primary)
Powers
- Royal transformations
Relations
- distinct from: GucumatzSimilarly named ruler and creator remain separate records.Popol Vuh, The Glory of the Lords of Cumarcah, Christenson 2007, pp. 256–257; creator/ruler distinction: p. 250 note 733 (primary)
Sources
- K’iche’ ruler in the Popol Vuh’s Cumarcah narrative, distinct from creator Qucumatz. His transformations legitimate royal power.: Popol Vuh, The Glory of the Lords of Cumarcah, Christenson 2007, pp. 256–257; creator/ruler distinction: p. 250 note 733 (primary)