- the Conquest, the four
ruling nimja were the
Kaweq, the Nijaib, the
Saqik and the Ajaw Kʼicheʼ. The
Kaweq and the
Nijaib included nine prin****l lineages...
- Qʼuqʼumatz at Qʼumarkaj, the Kʼicheʼ capital, were
drawn from the
dominant Kaweq dynasty and
acted as
stewards in the city. Qʼuqʼumatz (alternatively Qu****atz...
- de Totonicapán, is
listed as "Nim
Chokoh Cavec" ('Great
Steward of the
Kaweq'). In
either case, the
colonial presence is
clear in
Popol Vuh's preamble:...
- Mixcoatl, a
hunting god of the Aztecs.
Tohil was the
patron deity of the
Kaweq lineage of the Kʼicheʼ. He was ****ociated with a
sacred deerskin bundle...
- the well-known mythology, also
contains a
history and
genealogy of the
Kaweq lineage such as the Título de Totonicapán.
Information from
these can be...
-
founding lineage of the Kʼicheʼ Maya,
although they
later lost
power to the
Kaweq lineage; as they lost
status within the kingdom, so did
their patron god...
