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K'inich Ajaw

K'inich Ajaw (aussi écrit Kinich Ahau) est le dieu du soleil dans la mythologie maya. Son nom signifie «Seigneur» («Ajaw») «aux yeux solaires» (ou «au visage solaire») («k'inich»)[1]. À l'Époque classique, il est étroitement associé à la fonction royale, ce dont témoigne le fait que le nom de nombreux souverains commence par «K'inich», comme le célèbre roi de Palenque, K'inich Janaab' Pakal I. À l'Époque postclassique, il est identifié au Dieu G de la classification de Schellhas[2].

Selon un mythe maya, la nuit venue, il se couchait pour se transformer en jaguar et régnait sur Xibalba, l'inframonde.

Son nom a été donné à Kinich Ahau Patera, une patera située sur Io, le satellite de Jupiter, ainsi qu'à l'astéroïde (24761) Ahau.

Notes et références

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  1. Michael D. Coe & Mark Van Stone, Reading the Maya Glyphs, Thames & Hudson, 2001, p. 112.
  2. Mary Miller et Karl Taube, The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, Thames & Hudson, 1993, p. 106.
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