Tzolkin cycle of the calendar. Cit-Bolon-Tum A god of medicine and healing Chimalmat A giant who was, by Vucub Caquix, the mother of Cabrakan and Zipacna. Chin The main god of homosexual relationships. Cizin A god of earthquakes and death who lived in Metnal. He is often depicted as a dancing human skeleton smoking a cigarette. Colel Cab Goddess of the bees. Colop U Uichkin *RITUAL OF THE BACABS* An eclipse deity. Coyopa The god of thunder. Brother of Cakulha. E Ek Chuaj *M* (God M) Ek Chuaj, the "black war chief" was the patron god of warriors and merchants. He was depicted carrying a bag over his shoulder. In art, he was a dark-skinned man with circles around his eyes, a scorpion tail and dangling lower lip. G GI, GII, GIII The three patron deities of the Palenque kingdom, made up of a sea deity with a shell ear, GII a baby lightning god (god K), and GIII the jaguar god of fire, also patron of the number seven. Gukumatz > Qʼuqʼumatz *PV* A feathered snake god and creator. The depiction of the feathered serpent deity is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Gukumatz of the Kʼicheʼ Maya is closely related to the god Kukulkan of Yucatán and to Quetzalcoatl of the Aztec. God of the seas, oceans, wind, and storms. H Hachäkʼyum *LAC* Patron deity of the Lacandon. Hobnil *L* Bacab of the east. Hozanek *L* Bacab of the south. Hum Hau A god of death and the underworld. Hun-Batz *PV* "One Howler Monkey", one of two stepbrothers of the Hero Twins, one of the Howler Monkey Gods and patron of the arts. Hun-Came *PV* "One-Death", a lord of the underworld (Xibalba) who, along with Vucub-Came "Seven-Death", killed Hun Hunahpu. They were defeated by the latter's sons the Hero Twins. Hun-Chowen *PV* One of the two stepbrothers of the Hero Twins, one of the Howler Monkey Gods and patron of the arts. Hun-Hunahpu *PV* The father of the Maya Hero Twins Ixbalanque and Hun-Ahpu by a virgin. Beheaded in Xibalba, the underworld, by the rulers of Xibalba, Hun Came and Vucub Came. Hunab Ku "Sole God", identical with Itzamna as the highest Yucatec god; or a more abstract upper god. *Current research now indicates this 'Maya' symbol is not of Maya origin and rather an invention by a Catholic missionary to more easily introduce one-god concept into the