Bolon Dzacab
THE FLARE GOD, GOD K, G II, OR MANIKIN SCEPTER

A god with many forms is known from ancient times as Bolon Dzacab, or the Manikin Scepter, as well as several modern indentification names. He was the third born of the Palenque triad, ancestral gods of the lords of the Mayan city state. He appears with a serpentine foot and the great smoking obsidian mirror emanating from his forehead. This god was associated with the sacrifice and his image often appears in a reduced form as a scepter in the hands of kings. He becomes a symbol of rulership and the personification of kingship and priestly power. The classic era Maya called him Kauil, Bolon Dzacab being adapted in Colonial times.