K'ahk' Ujol K'inich I

K'ahk' Ujol K'inich I ("Fire-headed Sun God"[1]) was a king of Maya city of Caracol in Belize,[2] named after the Sun deity called Kinich Ahau. He is also known as Ruler I and Smoking Skull I. He reigned c. AD 470.[3]

His wife was probably Lady of Xultun and his son was likely king Yajaw Te' K'inich I.[4]

This ruler is named retrospectively in a sixth-century genealogy, but his exact position in the chronology of Caracol rulers is uncertain. His status as a revered ancestor is inferred from the fact that his name appears on a later monument as a belt ornament.[5] On Caracol Stela 6 K’ahk’ Ujol K'inich’s descendant Knot Ajaw is depicted with the head of K'ahk' Ujol K'inich.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize 1985-1987, edited by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase
  2. ↑ Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube
  3. ↑ Rulers of Caracol on Mesoweb
  4. ↑ Maya royal dynasties. Revised by Inga E. Calvin.
  5. ↑ Houston, Stephen, and David Stuart. Of Gods, Glyphs and Kings: Divinity and Rulership among the Classic Maya. York, UK.
  6. ↑ James L. Fitzsimmons, Izumi Shimada. Living with the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica.
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