Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich I{{Pronunciation-needed ("
Fire-headed
Sun God") was a
king of
Maya city of
Caracol in
Belize, named after
the Sun deity called
Kinich Ahau. He is also known as Ruler I and Smoking Skull I. He reigned c. AD 470.
His wife was probably Lady of
Xultun Xultún is a large Maya archaeological site located 40 km northeast of Tikal and 8 km south of the smaller Preclassic site of San Bartolo in northern Guatemala.
Site
The site, which once supported a considerable population, has a 35 m t ...
and his son was likely king
Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich I.
This ruler is named retrospectively in a sixth-century
genealogy, but his exact position in the
chronology of Caracol rulers is uncertain. His status as
a revered ancestor is inferred from the fact that his name appears on a later monument as a belt ornament. On Caracol Stela 6 Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich's descendant
Knot Ajaw is depicted with the head of Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich.
James L. Fitzsimmons, Izumi Shimada. ''Living with the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica''
Sources
Kings of Caracol
5th century in the Maya civilization
5th-century monarchs in North America