Ah Suytok Tutul Xiu or Ah Zuytok Tutul Xiu was the spiritual leader of the
Maya
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* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
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* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
Tutul Xiu people. Founder of the city of
Uxmal
Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: ''Óoxmáal'' ) is an ancient Maya civilization, 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 ...
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
Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.
It i ...
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 ea ...
of
Tizimín, describes Zuytok Ah Tutul Xiu as the founder of the city of
Uxmal
Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: ''Óoxmáal'' ) is an ancient Maya civilization, 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 ...
in the Katun 10 Ahau (669). However, the Chilam Balam of
Mani
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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. This dynastic line of succession is believed to have begun around 435 AD. The eruption of a volcano in 430 AD may have disrupted the line of succession.
Chiefs of Tutul-Xiu
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