Colonial Yucatec sources name Hunab Ku as the invisible, unrepresentable supreme god from whom Itzamna, lord of the heavens, descended as his son.
⚠ The Hunab Ku concept appears only in colonial-era sources and may reflect Franciscan monotheistic influence. Scholars debate whether this father-son theology is genuinely pre-Columbian or a colonial reinterpretation.
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