Kʼawiil

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Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Kʼawiil (Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kʼawiil canonical 10
Kʼawil 1
Kʼawil Chan Kʼinich 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya deity ⓘ
Mesoamerican deity ⓘ
appearsIn Maya ceramics ⓘ
Maya codices ⓘ
Maya murals ⓘ
Maya stelae ⓘ
associatedWith dynastic legitimacy ⓘ
fire ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
maize ⓘ
rain ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
depictedWith serpent leg ⓘ
smoking axe or torch emerging from forehead ⓘ
torch-like element ⓘ
zoomorphic head ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasAlternativeName God K ⓘ
Kauil ⓘ
Kʼawil ⓘ
linked to: Kʼawiil

Kʼawil Chan Kʼinich ⓘ
linked to: Kʼawiil
hasIconographicFeature forehead axe or torch emitting smoke or flames ⓘ
one leg replaced by serpent or torch ⓘ
zoomorphic, often reptilian facial traits ⓘ
influenceOn Maya concepts of sacred power ⓘ
Maya royal ideology ⓘ
linkedTo Maya royal headband (sak huun) ⓘ
royal scepter imagery ⓘ
oftenHeldBy Maya kings in iconography ⓘ
relatedConcept divine kingship ⓘ
sacred lightning ⓘ
religion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
roleInRitual invoked in dynastic ceremonies ⓘ
used to legitimate royal accession ⓘ
symbolizes abundance ⓘ
corn fertility ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
royal lineage ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period Maya art ⓘ
Postclassic period Maya religion ⓘ
worshippedBy Classic Maya ⓘ
linked to: Maya civilization

Postclassic Maya ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Mesoamerica → hasKeyDeity → Kʼawiil ⓘ
Kʼawiil → hasAlternativeName → Kʼawil ⓘ
linked to: Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil → hasAlternativeName → Kʼawil Chan Kʼinich ⓘ
linked to: Kʼawiil
Maya royal headband (sak huun) → wornBy → ajaw (Maya king) ⓘ
linked to: Kʼawiil
Maya civilization → majorDeity → Kʼawiil ⓘ
subject linked to: Maya
18-Rabbit → associatedWithDeity → Kʼawiil ⓘ
Maya peoples → deity → Kʼawiil ⓘ
18-Rabbit → associatedDeity → Kʼawiil ⓘ