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3 unusual facts about Kinich Ahau


Ahau

Kinich Ahau, the 16th-century Yucatec name of the Maya sun god

Kinich Ahau

Several other deities evince a large eye, such as god D (Itzamna), Chaak, and various jaguar gods.

Maya jaguar gods

Usually called 'Jaguar God of the Underworld', he has been assumed to be the 'Night Sun' - the shape supposedly taken by the sun (Kinich Ahau) during his nightly journey through the underworld - for reason of having the large eyes and filed incisor that also occur with the sun deity, and of sometimes evincing a k 'in infix.


Izamal

Its principal temples were sacred to the creator deity Itzamna and to the Sun God Kinich Ahau.


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