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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