Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich I ("Fire-headed Sun God"Investigations at the Classic Maya City of Caracol, Belize 1985–1987, edited by Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase) was a king of Maya city of Caracol in Belize,Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube named after the Sun deity called Kinich Ahau. He is also known as Ruler I and Smoking Skull I. He reigned c. AD 470.Rulers of Caracol on Mesoweb
His wife was probably Lady of Xultun and his son was likely king Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich I.Maya royal dynasties. Revised by Inga E. Calvin.
This ruler is named retrospectively in a sixth-century genealogy, but his exact position in the chronology of Caracol rulers is uncertain. His status as a revered ancestor is inferred from the fact that his name appears on a later monument as a belt ornament.Houston, Stephen, and David Stuart. Of Gods, Glyphs and Kings: Divinity and Rulership among the Classic Maya. York, UK. On Caracol Stela 6 Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich's descendant Knot Ajaw is depicted with the head of Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich.James L. Fitzsimmons, Izumi Shimada. Living with the Dead: Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica.
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