Äkyantho'
Lacandon · deity · Lacandon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Äkyantho' is the Lacandon god of foreigners and of the non-Lacandon peoples, presiding over trade, metal goods, and healing remedies. Pale or yellow in appearance, he is the father of Hesuklistos and the divine counterpart of the outsiders whose commerce and medicine the Lacandon attribute to him. He is a brother of Hachäkyum and Sukunkyum.
Parentage
- parent: KʼakʼochRobert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)
Children
Domains
- foreigners
- commerce
- medicine
Powers
- govern the foreigners
- dispense remedies
Epithets
- Äkyantho' — lord of the foreignersR. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
Relations
- parent: KʼakʼochRobert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)
- sibling: HachäkyumRobert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)
- sibling: SukunkyumRobert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)
- child: HesuklistosR. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
Sources
- Äkyantho' is the Lacandon god of foreigners, trade, and medicine, and the father of Hesuklistos.: R. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary); Robert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)