Jaguar God of the Underworld
Maya · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
The Maya sun does not stop at sunset; it goes under and becomes a jaguar, and it is dangerous down there. This is the face that Classic kings put on their war shields, which is the practical end of the theology: the night sun is the sun at its most violent and a shield with his face is a shield carrying that. The registry held Kinich Ahau, the day sun, and not the other half of him.
Domains
- night sun
- fire
- war
Relations
- sibling: GI of PalenqueGI, the eldest of the Triad.Reference treatment of the three gods of the Palenque Triad as brothers. (secondary)
- sibling: K'awiilGII, the second of the three.Reference treatment of K'awiil as GII of the Palenque Triad. (secondary)
Sources
- The Jaguar God of the Underworld is GIII of the Palenque Triad, the sun in its nightly passage beneath the world, a god of fire and of war, whose temple is the Temple of the Sun.: Reference treatments of the Jaguar God of the Underworld and of the Palenque Triad. (secondary)