Awilix, Tohil, and Jacawitz traveled together from Tulan Zuyva with the K'iche' ancestors, each assigned to a founding noble lineage, speaking to their people in the darkness until the first sunrise turned all three to stone.
Balam-Acab received Awilix as his patron deity at Tulan Zuyva and carried her on the migration eastward, the Night Jaguar bound to the moon goddess whose nocturnal power guided the Nijaib lineage he founded.
When the K'iche' ancestors departed, they left the Pisom Q'aq'al as the sacred bundle holding the spiritual essence of Awilix, Tohil, and Jacawitz — the holiest relic of the kingdom, unwrapped only in solemn ceremony.
At Tulan Zuyva, the place of seven caves, Awilix was distributed to the K'iche' ancestors alongside Tohil and Jacawitz, the three patron deities received before the long migration eastward to the highlands.
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