Hesuklistos
Lacandon · deity · Lacandon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Hesuklistos, the Lacandon rendering of Jesus Christ, is a minor deity assimilated to the indigenous pantheon as a son of Äkyantho', god of foreigners. Identified as the god of the Mexicans and other outsiders, he is assigned a slight and peripheral role in the cosmos, subordinate to the true gods of the forest. Sources differ on the extent of his integration, which reflects historical contact with Christian missions.
Parentage
- parent: Äkyantho'R. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
Domains
- foreigners
Powers
- watch over the foreigners
Epithets
- Hesuklistos — Jesus Christ, god of the outsidersR. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
Relations
- parent: Äkyantho'R. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
Sources
- Hesuklistos, the Lacandon Jesus Christ, is a minor deity assimilated as a son of Äkyantho' and god of the Mexicans.: R. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, Belmont, 1990) (primary); Robert D. Bruce, El Libro de Chan Kʼin (INAH, 1974) (primary)