Yum Kaax
Maya · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
Youthful maize and forest god (God E), patron of farmers and hunters; the Classic resurrected maize lord.
Domains
- maize
- wild plants and forest
Powers
- Sprout and ripen the maize crop
- Guard the wild plants, forest and game animals
Epithets
- Yum Kaax Lord of the forestKarl Taube, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan (1992); colonial Yucatec sources (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Dresden Codex; Madrid Codex; Landa (primary)