The supplied sources do not provide a mythic origin story. What is attested in the material provided is an archaeological/art-historical origin: the figure appears on a carved palace panel dated to circa 795 and likely originated as part of courtly ritual imagery and objects (the same deity is also noted as shown on an eccentric flint). No creation myth, cosmogonic account, or glyphic spelling that would record an origin narrative is supplied in the provided materials.
In the published description of a Cleveland Museum of Art palace panel (c. 795), the deity is shown as a small figure held by a royal woman. Distinctive visual features recorded in the source include a single leg rendered like a serpent, a grotesque head, and a smoking torch on its brow. The figure is small in scale relative to the human holder and is presented within an elite domestic or palace interior setting. The sources offer no further details on coloration, specific garments, or finer morphological features beyond those summarized from the panel and the note that the same deity appears on a nearby eccentric flint.
The provided sources do not describe specific powers, habitual behaviors, or cosmological functions for this figure. The available documentation confines the entity to iconographic and ritual contexts (a palace panel and an eccentric flint) and labels it as “a god of royalty,” but does not record attributed abilities, control over natural phenomena, or mythic acts. Any energetic or elemental associations (for example, with rain, storm, or fire) are not attested in the supplied materials and cannot be asserted on that basis.
Weaknesses
- otherNo documented weaknesses in provided sources
Wards
- otherNo documented wards or protective procedures in provided sources
Community Record
- [1]Panel with Royal Woman (Cleveland Museum of Art caption via Archive.org). Cleveland Museum of Art object caption as archived at Archive.org; description notes the panel is probably from a palace interior, depicts a woman holding 'a god of royalty with a serpent leg and a grotesque head with a smoking torch on its brow,' and that hieroglyphics refer to an undefined ritual completed in 795.other
- [2]Yaxun B'ahlam IV (Wikipedia — included among provided sources). Wikipedia article for context about Classic Maya elite figures; the article itself concerns a Mayan king and does not describe the deity beyond being among the supplied materials.wiki
- [3]Wikidata item Q116282570 (figure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Wikidata item label referenced in the provided materials; no extended descriptive text was supplied.other