God K

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God K is a Maya deity associated with lightning, serpents, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy, often depicted with a smoking axe or torch emerging from his forehead.

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God K canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya deity
supernatural being
appearsIn Maya religious art
Maya royal iconography
associatedAnimal serpent
associatedElement fire
sky
associatedPhenomenon thunderstorms
associatedWith dynastic legitimacy
lightning
royal power
serpents
culture Maya civilization
depictedAs figure with a smoking axe in the forehead
figure with a torch in the forehead
domain political authority
supernatural power
hasAttribute smoking axe emerging from forehead
torch emerging from forehead
hasFunction protector of dynasties
source of royal authority
hasMotif fire imagery
serpent imagery
roleInIconography marker of kingly status
roleInMythology patron of royal lineages
symbolizes control over lightning
dynastic continuity
legitimacy of rulers
worshippedBy ancient Maya elites

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