Kisin
Lacandon · deity · Lacandon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kisin is the Lacandon god of death and earthquakes, dwelling in the underworld where he burns and torments the souls of the wicked. His restless movements shake the earth, and narratives hold that his eventual unbinding will bring the destruction of the world. He is the adversary of Hachäkyum and is restrained by Sukunkyum. His name is popularly glossed as 'the flatulent one' or 'the stinking one'.
Domains
- death
- earthquake
Powers
- cause earthquakes
- torment the souls of the wicked
Epithets
- Kisin — the stinking oneAlfred M. Tozzer, A Comparative Study of the Mayas and the Lacandones (Macmillan, 1907) (primary)
Relations
- enemy: HachäkyumR. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary)
- enemy: SukunkyumDidier Boremanse, Hach Winik: The Lacandon Maya of Chiapas (IMS, 1998) (primary)
Sources
- Kisin is the Lacandon god of death and earthquakes who torments the souls of the wicked and is restrained by Sukunkyum.: R. Jon McGee, Life, Ritual, and Religion among the Lacandon Maya (Wadsworth, 1990) (primary); Alfred M. Tozzer, A Comparative Study of the Mayas and the Lacandones (Macmillan, 1907) (primary)