Ah Puch’s Connections

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Rules over

• Xibalba

  Ah Puch presides over the deepest and most dreadful level of Xibalba, where the souls of the wicked endure torment under his skeletal gaze as lord of the dead.

Member of

• Bolontiku

  The Bolontiku, the nine lords presiding over the levels of Xibalba, include Ah-Puch as ruler of the deepest level Mitnal, Cizin as lord of fire and decay, and the Jaguar God of the Underworld as the nocturnal sun.

Equivalent to

• Mictlantecuhtli(Aztec)

  Mictlantecuhtli and Ah Puch are the skeletal death gods who rule the underworlds of the Aztec and Maya traditions, cognate figures in the broader Mesoamerican religious complex.