Ah Suytok Tutul Xiu or Ah Zuytok Tutul Xiu was the spiritual leader of the
Maya
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Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...
Tutul Xiu people. Founder of the city of
Uxmal
Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: ''Óoxmáal'' ) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque, Chichen Itza and Calakmul i ...
in the 7th century, he was from the
Nonohual. Nonohual's location is unknown, but was probably in
Peten, it also might have been another name for
Potonchán
Potonchán, was a Chontal Maya city, capital of the minor kingdom known as ''Tavasco'' or ''Tabasco''. It occupied the left bank of the Tabasco River, which the Spanish renamed the Grijalva River, in the current Mexican state of Tabasco.
Juan ...
in
Tabasco
Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.
It is located in ...
or
Tula. He was also known by his nickname coconut kaba or "Hun Uitzil Chac" ("the only mountain of Chac").
The
Chilam Balam
The Books of Chilam Balam () are handwritten, chiefly 17th and 18th-centuries Maya miscellanies, named after the small Yucatec towns where they were originally kept, and preserving important traditional knowledge in which indigenous Maya and early ...
of
Tizimín
Tizimín is a city located in the Tizimín Municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán, It is located in the Coastal Zone of the same state.
It has an average height of 20 meters and is located at a distance of 1,492 km from Mexico City, ...
, describes Zuytok Ah Tutul Xiu as the founder of the city of
Uxmal
Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: ''Óoxmáal'' ) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque, Chichen Itza and Calakmul i ...
in the Katun 10 Ahau (669). However, the Chilam Balam of
Mani
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describes the same fact in the Katun 2 Ahau (620).
Three centuries later the priestly house of Tutul-Xiu of Uxmal was part of the
League of Mayapan
The League of Mayapan (Yucatec: Luub Mayapan Maya glyphs: ) was a confederation of Maya states in the post classic period of Mesoamerica on the Yucatan peninsula.
The main members of the league were the Itza, the Tutul-Xiu, Mayapan, and Uxm ...
.
Rulers of Tutul-Xiu
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