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K'inich Kan Balam II or K'inich Kan B'ahlam II (May 23, 635 – February 20, 702) was an ahau or Maya ruler of the ajawlal or lordship of B'aakal, whose seat was Lakam Ha', now known as the archaeological site of Palenque, in the present-day Mexican state of Chiapas. He is also referred to as Chan Bahlum II. His name can be translated as 'Radiant Jaguar Serpent' or 'Great Jaguar Serpent Sun'.K'inich Kan Balam II or K'inich Kan B'ahlam II (May 23, 635 – February 20, 702) was an ahau or Maya ruler of the ajawlal or lordship of B'aakal, whose seat was Lakam Ha', now known as the archaeological site of Palenque, in the present-day Mexican state of Chiapas. He is also referred to as Chan Bahlum II. His name can be translated as 'Radiant Jaguar Serpent' or 'Great Jaguar Serpent Sun'.
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Drawing blood from the genitals, especially the male sex organs, was done with the intent of increasing or representing human fertility in sacred rituals.
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Representation of the Solar God Kinich-Ahau, generator of time, light, heat and the four directions of the universe. In the afternoon he descends to the underworld transformed into a jaguar, lord of the underground world and nocturnal Sun. In his representations he wears jaguar ears, a beard as a metaphor for the sun's rays, upper teeth filed in the shape of a T or shark's tooth, a blunt nose, a virgula rolled into the shape of an 8 between the eyebrows and large square eyes that show a strong squint.
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Quetzalcoatl was the wind, the guide, the road sweeper of the rain gods, the masters of the water, of the rain bringers. When the wind increased the dust swirled up, it roared and howled and darkness ensued. The wind blew in all directions and there was wrathful thunder and lightning. Quetzalcoatl was the god of the morning star and his brother, Xólotl was the evening star Venus.As the morning star he was know by his title Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli that means the "lord of the star of the dawn". He was the inventor of books, the calendar and he