Xpiyacoc’s Family Tree

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Family

• Xmucane(spouse),Hun Hunahpu(child),Vucub-Hunahpu(child)— Marriage

  Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the first grandparents and diviners of the Popol Vuh, bore Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu as their sons.

Allied with

• The Hero Twins,Xmucane

  Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the grandparent deities, aided the Hero Twins against Vucub-Caquix by disguising themselves as wandering healers and extracting the false sun's jeweled eyes and teeth while pretending to cure his wounded jaw.

Associated with

• Alom,Huracan,Kukulkan,Qaholom,Tepeu,Xmucane

  In the Popol Vuh, the creator gods — Huracan, Q'uq'umatz, Tepeu, Alom, and Qaholom — consulted the divine daykeepers Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, who cast maize kernels and coral seeds to divine that corn was the substance from which true humans should be fashioned.