Camazotz
Maya · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Death-bat of Xibalba's House of Bats who decapitates Hunahpu in the Hero Twins' ordeal.
Domains
- death and the underworld
Powers
- Sever the heads of those in his house of bats
Relations
- killer of: HunahpuThe death bat snatched off Hunahpu's head in the House of Bats; Xbalanque later restored him.Popol Vuh, trans. D. Tedlock (1996), Part 4 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Popol Vuh, Part III (primary)