Itzamna and Ix-Chel, the supreme divine couple of the Yucatec Maya pantheon, were married and produced the Bacabs and other gods who populated the heavens and earth.
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.
Itzam Cab Ain, the Cosmic Monster, is the zoomorphic manifestation of Itzamna — the supreme god's body literally constitutes the sky, with the celestial reptile's form spanning from horizon to horizon.
⚠ Some scholars distinguish Itzam Cab Ain as a separate earth deity rather than a direct manifestation, though Taube and others argue for identification based on shared iconographic traits in the codices.
Kinich Ahau, the blazing sun god, is the solar manifestation of Itzamna, embodying the supreme deity's daytime celestial aspect as he traverses the sky from east to west.
⚠ The identification of K'inich Ahau as an aspect of Itzamna rather than a distinct deity is debated; Taube argues for identification based on shared God D iconography, while Thompson treated them as separate figures.
Itzamna stands at the head of the Oxlahuntiku, ruling from the highest of the thirteen celestial levels as supreme sky deity and leader of the Thirteen Lords of Heaven.
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