Huracan

Heart of Sky, triune storm-and-lightning creator whose name survives in 'hurricane.'

Domains

• sky and storm
• lightning and wind
• creation

Powers

• Conjure earth, mountains and life by the word
• Unleash flood and resin-rain on failed mankind

Epithets

• U Kʼux Kaj kiche · epithetHeart of Sky; the storm-and-lightning creator's standing title in the Popol VuhPopol Vuh, preamble & creation (D. Tedlock trans. 1985; A. J. Christenson trans. 2007) (primary)
• Kaqulja Huracán latin · Kaqulja Huracan · literaryThunderbolt Hurricane; first of the three storm-aspects of Heart of SkyPopol Vuh (the creation; Christenson trans.) (primary)
• Chʼipi-Kaqulja latin · Ch'ipi-Kaqulja · literaryNewborn (Sudden) Thunderbolt; second aspect of Heart of SkyPopol Vuh (Christenson trans.) (primary)
• Raxa-Kaqulja latin · Raxa-Kaqulja · literaryRaw (Green) Thunderbolt; third aspect of Heart of SkyPopol Vuh (Christenson trans.) (primary)
• Uk'u'x Kaj K'iche' · U K'ux Kaj · epicHeart of SkyPopol Vuh (trans. Allen J. Christenson) (primary)

Relations

• ally: GucumatzHeart of Sky came to Plumed Serpent in the primordial dark; their joint counsel raised the earth and planned mankind.Popol Vuh, trans. D. Tedlock (1996), Part 1 (primary)
• equated with: TezcatlipocaReciprocal of aztec_tezcatlipoca.equated-with — Scholarly identification, not a cognate: Huracan (One Leg) is widely read as the K'iche' counterpart of one-footed Tezcatlipoca (via Classic God K imagery). Preserves the one-leg sky-sorcerer complex; narratives diverge.Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh (1996), notes on Huracan/'One Leg' (secondary); Michael D. Coe, 'The Hero Twins: Myth and Image', in The Maya Vase Book vol. 1 (1989) (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Popol Vuh, Part I (primary)