B'alam, Balam, Balaam, B'ahlam, Bahlam, Bahlum or Bolom may refer to:
In Maya history and culture
* A Maya language name for "
jaguar
The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...
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Jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures
The representation of jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures has a long history, with iconographic examples dating back to at least the mid-Formative period of Mesoamerican chronology.
The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is an animal with a prominent assoc ...
Maya rulers
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Itzamnaaj B'alam
Itzamna () is, in Maya mythology, an upper god and creator deity thought to reside in the sky. Itzamna is one of the most important gods in the Classic and Postclassic Maya pantheon. Although little is known about him, scattered references are pre ...
(r. ca. 697), ruler of Dos Pilas (a.k.a. "Shield Jaguar")
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Itzamnaaj B'alam I (r. ca. 4thC ?), ruler of Yaxchilan (a.k.a. "Shield Jaguar I")
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Itzamnaaj B'alam II
Itzamnaaj Bʼalam II was a Mayan king who ruled in Yaxchilan. Experts usually date his reign between the end of the 6th century and the beginning of the 7th century, around 599 or even until around 610. Very little is known of him. He is also cal ...
(r. 647–742), ruler of Yaxchilan (a.k.a. "Shield Jaguar II (the Great)")
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Itzamnaaj B'alam III (r. 769—800?), ruler of Yaxchilan (a.k.a. "Shield Jaguar III")
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Kan B'alam I
Kan Bahlam IThe ruler's name, when transcribed is (K'INICH) KAN AHLAMma, translated "Radiant Snake Jaguar". (), also known as Chan Bahlum I, (September 18, 524 – February 1, 583) was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He acceded to the ...
(r. 572—583), ruler of Palenque
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Kaloomte' B'alam (r. ca. 511—527), 19th dynastic ruler of Tikal (a.k.a. "Curl Head")
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Kayb'il B'alam (r. early 16thC), Postclassic ruler of the Mam Maya people of the northern Guatemalan highland region at the time of the Spanish conquest
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K'inich Kan B'alam II (r. 683—702), ruler of Palenque, son of K'inich Janaab' Pakal ("Pacal the Great")
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K'inich K'uk B'alam II (fl. c. 765), ruler of Palenque
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K'uk' B'alam I (r. 431—435), ruler of Palenque and founder of the state's dynastic line
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Yopaat B'alam I (r. 359—?), ruler of Yaxchilan, founder of the state's dynastic line
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Yopaat B'alam II (r. ca. 749), ruler of Yaxchilan
Maya polities and archaeological sites
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B'alam (Maya polity), a Classic-era Maya state, known from inscriptions but whose location is not determined
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Balamdzay, archaeological site in the
Puuc region
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Balamku
Balamku is a small Maya archaeological site located in the Mexican state of Campeche.Rodríguez Campero 2008, p. 437. It features elaborate plaster facades dating to the Early Classic period. It has one of the largest surviving stucco friezes in ...
, archaeological site in central Yucatán Peninsula
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Balamtun, archaeological site in the Petén Basin region
Other uses in Maya culture
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Na Bolom, a non-profit foundation for the advancement of the indigenous Maya peoples of Chiapas, Mexico
Arts and media
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''Balam'' (magazine), a magazine of Latin American photography based in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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''Balam'' (1949 film), a 1949 Hindi film
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''Balam'' (1969 film), a 1969 South Korean film
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''Balam'' (2009 film), a 2009 Tamil romantic drama film
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Balamory
''Balamory'' is a British live-action children's programme on BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community off the west coast of Scotland, named ''Balamory''. Four series were produced between ...
, a British children's show
Other people
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Balam (singer)
Kazi Md. Ali Jahangir, famously known as Balam, (born 24 December 1976) is a Bangladeshi singer, guitarist, composer, and music producer. He was born in Dhamaron village in Tongibari Upazila of Munshiganj (Bikrampur) district. He used to be the l ...
, Bangladeshi singer and composer
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Balaam
Balaam (; , Standard ''Bīlʿam'' Tiberian ''Bīlʿām'') is a diviner in the Torah (Pentateuch) whose story begins in Chapter 22 of the Book of Numbers (). Ancient references to Balaam consider him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beo ...
, a prophet in the Torah
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David D. Balam
David D. Balam is a Canadians, Canadian astronomer and a research associate with University of Victoria, University of Victoria's Department of Physics and Astronomy, in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia. Specializing in the ...
, Canadian astronomer
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Richard Balam, mathematician
Other uses
* Asteroid
3749 Balam
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Balam, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
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Balam (demon)
The demons' names (given below) are taken from the ''Ars Goetia'', which differs in terms of number and ranking from the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' of Johann Weyer. As a result of multiple translations, there are multiple spellings for some of ...
, in Judeo-Christian tradition
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