 Since the word is found frequently in the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, a syncretistic document heavily influenced by Christianity, it refers specifically to the Christian god as a translation into Maya of the Christian concept of one God , used to enculturate the previously polytheist Maya to the new religion.References to Hunab Ku have figured prominently in New Age Mayanism such as that of José Argüelles.The earliest known publicly available written reference to the term "Hunab Ku" (which translates as "Sole God" or "Only God") appears in the 16th century "Diccionario de Motul", where "Hunab-ku" is identified as "the only living and true god, also the greatest of the gods of the people of Yucatan.