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God K

Mayan deity

Also known as: Bolon Tzacab

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Mesoamerican culture

In pre-Columbian civilizations: Classic Maya religion
…as Bolon Tzacab (first called God K by archaeologists), a deity with a baroquely branching nose who is thought to have functioned as a god of royal descent; he is often held as a kind of sceptre in rulers’ hands.
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