Hobnil
Maya · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
East is red because that is where the sun comes up, and the whole Maya colour scheme follows from that one observation: red east, white north, black west, yellow south. Hobnil is the corner where it starts.
Domains
- sky bearing
- cardinal directions
Relations
- manifestation of: Pauahtunthe eastern aspect. The Yucatec sources name the four separately and the Classic material shows one god fourfold; both are carried.Reference treatment of the four Bacabs as the four aspects of Pauahtun, God N, each standing at one compass point holding up the sky. (secondary)
Sources
- Hobnil is the Bacab of the east, holding up the eastern corner of the sky, with the directional colour red; the Bacabs are recorded by Landa and in the Chilam Balam books.: Reference treatments of the four Bacabs, their directions and their colours, and of Landa and the Chilam Balams as the sources. (secondary)