Chomiha was given to Balam-Acab as his wife by the gods after the creation of the first men. Together they became the ancestral couple of the Nijaib lineage of the K'iche'.
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.
Q'uq'umatz, Tepeu, and Huracan fashioned the first four men from white and yellow maize after failed attempts with mud and wood, grinding the corn and mixing it with water to form Balam-Quitze, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam.
The Four Progenitors, the men fashioned from maize dough who founded the K'iche' nation, were Balam-Quitze, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam.
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