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Huracán[1] (/ˈhʊrəkən,ˈhʊrəkɑːn/;Spanish:Huracán;Mayan languages:Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to asU Kʼux Kaj, the "Heart of Sky",[2] is aKʼicheʼMaya god ofwind,storm,fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity.[3] He also caused theGreat Flood after the second generation of humans angered the gods. He supposedly lived in the windy mists above the floodwaters and repeatedly invoked "earth" until land came up from the seas.
His name, understood as 'One-Leg', suggestsgod K of Postclassic and Classic Maya iconography, a deity of lightning with one human leg,[4] and one leg shaped like a serpent. God K is commonly referred to as Bolon Tzacab orKʼawiil and was a god associated with power, creation, and lightning.[5] The name may ultimately derive fromhuracan, aCarib word,[6] and the source of the wordshurricane andorcan (European windstorm).
Related deities areTohil inKʼiche mythology, Bolon Tzacab inYucatec mythology,Cocijo inZapotec mythology, andTezcatlipoca in Aztec mythology.
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