God K

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God K is a Maya deity associated with lightning, serpents, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy, often depicted with a smoking axe or torch emerging from his forehead.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
God K canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya deity ⓘ
supernatural being ⓘ
appearsIn Maya religious art ⓘ
Maya royal iconography ⓘ
associatedAnimal serpent ⓘ
associatedElement fire ⓘ
sky ⓘ
associatedPhenomenon thunderstorms ⓘ
associatedWith dynastic legitimacy ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
serpents ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
depictedAs figure with a smoking axe in the forehead ⓘ
figure with a torch in the forehead ⓘ
domain political authority ⓘ
supernatural power ⓘ
hasAttribute smoking axe emerging from forehead ⓘ
torch emerging from forehead ⓘ
hasFunction protector of dynasties ⓘ
source of royal authority ⓘ
hasMotif fire imagery ⓘ
serpent imagery ⓘ
roleInIconography marker of kingly status ⓘ
roleInMythology patron of royal lineages ⓘ
symbolizes control over lightning ⓘ
dynastic continuity ⓘ
legitimacy of rulers ⓘ
worshippedBy ancient Maya elites ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.