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K'iche' · deity · K'iche' traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Seven Death is the junior of the two supreme lords of the K'iche' underworld, always named with his senior partner One Death. Together they preside over the terraced realm of Xibalba and its lesser demon-lords of sickness, blood, and decay. The pair engineer the deadly ordeals that kill One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu, but their pride becomes their downfall when the Hero Twins, disguised as wandering performers, sacrifice and revive volunteers before them. Eager to experience the marvel themselves, the two death lords ask to be killed, and the twins oblige without restoring them, so ending the unchecked dominion of Xibalba and decreeing that thereafter its lords may claim only the wicked and the wounded.
Domains
- death
- underworld
Powers
- commands the assembled lords of death
Epithets
- Wuqub' Kame — Seven DeathChristenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Hun CameCo-ruler of Xibalba, paired with One Death.Ximenez, Francisco. Popol Vuh manuscript, c. 1701-1703. (primary)
- enemy: Hun HunahpuChristenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. (secondary)
- enemy: HunahpuChristenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. (secondary)
- enemy: XbalanqueChristenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. (secondary)
Sources
- Seven Death rules Xibalba jointly with One Death and is undone by the Hero Twins' feigned resurrection.: Ximenez, Francisco. Popol Vuh manuscript, c. 1701-1703. (primary); Christenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. (secondary)