Cahapaluna was given to Balam-Quitze as his wife by the gods after the creation of the first men. Together they became the ancestral couple of the Kavek lineage of the K'iche'.
Balam-Quitze received Tohil as his patron deity at Tulan Zuyva, the fire god granting warmth and demanding blood sacrifice in return — a covenant that bound the Kavek lineage to Tohil's service through all their generations.
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.
Balam-Quitze left behind the Pisom Q'aq'al, the Bundle of Flames, before his departure from the K'iche' people. This sacred relic became the paramount symbol of Kavek authority.
The Four Progenitors, the men fashioned from maize dough who founded the K'iche' nation, were Balam-Quitze, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam.
Balam-Quitze received his patron deity Tohil at Tulan Zuyva and led the Kaweq lineage's departure. His acceptance of the fire covenant there established the foundational rite of K'iche' civilization.
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