Kinich Kakmó

Kinich Kakmó, also written Kinich-Kak-Moo, was a deity in the Maya pantheon associated with an aspect of the sun god. His name combines the Maya words for sun, face or eyes, fire, and macaw, giving the meaning “fire macaw with the face or eyes of the sun.” In the Dresden Codex, he appears with a macaw’s head and a human body, holding a lit torch in each hand.

Kinich Kakmó was represented in Maya monuments in Yucatán as a macaw preceded by the sun glyph. The torches in the Dresden Codex were interpreted as symbols of drought or intense heat. He was also seen as a manifestation of Kinich Ahau, the sun god, and was linked with Zamná or Itzamná. During pandemics and plague outbreaks, people offered gifts to him because they believed the sun governed health.

An important archaeological site dedicated to Kinich Kakmó stands in Izamal, Yucatán, Mexico. The city’s Pyramid of Kinich Kakmó, located north of the main square, is among Mexico’s largest pyramids, with a volume of 700 000 m³. Archaeologist Charles E. Lincoln proposed that Izamal was an important seat of political, demographic, and economic power because of the pyramid’s scale and the surrounding architectural complex.

Izamal also contains other important Maya monuments, some being excavated and displayed by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History. Its Maya origins probably date to the sixth century CE in the Classic Mesoamerican period. The city has been called the “City of the Hills,” referring to 5 clearly visible mounds containing pre-Columbian monuments.

Kinich Kakmó is a other / unclassified in Izamal, Mexico. Wikidata describes it as: Pyramid in Izamal. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Spanish article "Kinich Kakmó", shown in the original language.