K’inich Ajaw
Maya Vessels
Exploring the Iconography of Maya Ceramics
Index
Animals
Bat (Suutz’)
Bird (Muut)
Centipede (Chapaht)
Coati (Tz’uutz’ih)
Crocodile (Ahiin)
Deer (Chij)
Dog (Ok, Tz’i’)
Eagle (Kokaaj, Tz’ikin)
Fish (Kay)
Iguana (Huuj)
Jaguar (Bahlam)
Macaw (Mo’)
Opossum (Uch)
Owl (Kuy)
Peccary (Chitam, Tihl)
Rabbit (T’ul)
Shark (Xok)
Snake (Kaan)
Spider Monkey (Maax)
Turtle (Ahk)
Vulture (Usiij)
Deities
Ahkan (God A’)
Ak’ab God
Bloody-Mouthed God
Chahk (God B)
God I of the Palenque Triad (GI)
Goddess O (Old Goddess)
Itzam Chan Tuun (God N)
Itzaamaat (God L)
Itzamnaaj (God D)
Ix Uh (Moon Goddess)
Jaguar Paddler
Jaguar War God
Juun Ajaw (Hunahpu/God S)
Juun Ixim (Maize God)
Kaban God (God R)
K’awiil (God K)
K’inich Ajaw (God G)
Pax God
Principal Bird Deity (PBD)
Stingray Spine Paddler
Water Lily Serpent (WLS)
Wind God (God H)
Wuuk Si’p (Hunting God)
Yax Baluun (Xbalanque/God CH)
Myths
4 Ajaw 8 Kumk’u Creation
Rebirth of Maize God
• Shark Hunting
• Paddlers and Canoe
• Emergence
Sacrifice of the Jaguar War God
Theft of God L’s Regalia