Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "B'alam Quitze/ Balam Quitze,/ Balam Quitze" | S America | B'alam Quitze aka Balam Quitze, Balam Quitze, meaning "jaguar with the sweet smile," was the first of the men created from maize after the Great Flood sent by Hurakan. The gods created Caha-Paluma specifically for him to marry. |
Spirit name "Balam" | Hebrew | One of the seventy-two spirits of the brazen vessel, as enumerated in the Lesser Key of Solomon. Hebrew |
Deities name "Balam (jaguar)" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Guardian deities. Poorly defined spirits who protect individuals in daily life. Four balam stand at the cardinal points around a village to guard against dangerous animals. They also protect the four sides of a milpa (smallholding) against thieves.... |
"Balam the ox" | Koran | And the fish Nun, are the food of Mahomet's Paradise; the mere lobes of the livers of these animals will suffice for 70,000 saints. Koran |
"Caha-Paluma" | Mayan | falling water, she was a woman created specifically to be the wife of Balam-Quitze. Mayan |
"Cakixia" | Mayan | Cakixia "water of parrots," she was a woman created specifically to be the wife of Iqi-Balam |
God name "Hunahpu" | Mayan | A god, who with his twin Xbalamwque, overcame the powers of evil and of death of his father, then rose to the heavens to become the Sun and the moon. Mayan |