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
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Tutul Xiu
Tutul-Xiu, also Tutul Xiues or Mani, was the name of a Mayan chiefdom of the central Yucatán Peninsula with capital in Maní, before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
Earlier history
In later accounts the C ...
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 ...
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 in
Tabasco 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 ...
in the Katun 10 Ahau (669). However, the Chilam Balam of
Mani 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.
Rulers of Tutul-Xiu
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