Mahucutah- Maya HeroHero"Not Brushed"

Creation from Maize

Mahucutah was the third of four men created from maize dough by the creator gods. After failed attempts using mud and wood, the grandmother goddess Xmucane ground white and yellow maize into a paste from which the gods fashioned beings with true understanding. Mahucutah emerged alongside Balam-Quitze, Balam-Acab, and Iqui-Balam, the four progenitors of the K'iche' people. These maize men could see everything in the world at once, until the gods clouded their vision so they would not rival their creators.

Jacawitz and the Journey from Tulan

At Tulan Zuyva, where the patron deities were distributed to each founding lineage, Mahucutah received Jacawitz, a volcanic mountain deity. Tohil brought fire. Awilix brought the night. Jacawitz was the mountain: the volcanic highlands the K'iche' would settle.

The journey from Tulan was hard. The progenitors crossed great waters and traveled through darkness before the first dawn, carrying their patron gods on their backs, fasting and praying as they searched for a homeland.

The First Dawn and the Ahau K'iche'

When the sun rose for the first time over Chi Pixab, Jacawitz and the other patron gods turned to stone, fixed to their mountain shrines. From that moment, the gods spoke only through their stone images and accepted blood offerings in exchange for protection.

Mahucutah married Tz'ununiha and through their union founded the Ahau K'iche', the third of the three great noble houses. Before departing the world, Mahucutah and the other progenitors left behind the Pisom Q'aq'al, the sacred bundle containing the spiritual essence of the patron gods, as an heirloom for the generations that followed.