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God K
God K, also known as ''K'awiil'', is a Maya deity identified with lightning, serpents, fertility and maize. He is often associated with the Maya maize god (especially the Tonsured Maize God aspect 〔Taube 1998: 39〕) and Chaac. He is characterized by a zoomorphic head, large eyes, long, upturned snout and attenuated serpent tooth.〔Stone and Zender 2011: 49〕 He is often shown as having a serpent foot, and a torch, stone celt, or cigar, coming out of his forehead, normally emitting smoke.
==Names==
From the correspondence between Landa's description of the New Year rituals and the depiction of these rituals in the Dresden Codex, it can be inferred that in 16th-century Yucatán, god K was called ''Bolon Dzacab'' 'Innumerable (''bolon'' 'nine, innumerable') maternal generations', perhaps a metaphor for fertility. God K's name in the Classic period may have been the same, or similar, since the numeral 'nine' is repeatedly included in the deity's logogram.
However, based on epigraphical considerations, the Classical god K is now most often referred to as ''K'awiil''. Hieroglyphically, the head of god K can substitute for the syllable ''k'a'' in ''k'awiil'', a word possibly meaning 'powerful one', and attested as a generic deity title in Yucatec documents. This substitution has given rise to the idea that, inversely, the title ''k'awiil'' as a whole should be considered a name specifically referring to god K.〔Stuart 1987: 13-16〕
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