CMGG entry for k'al huunil k'aba'      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: accession name, coronation name
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of k'al huunil k'aba'

 

Greene                                    = Pérez de Lara

PAL PT O10-P10

u.<K’AL:HUUN:li> <K’ABA’>:a

 

·     AT-E1168-lecture15.t0:07:24-08:09: So when you become king, you put a huun, a headband, a sak huun, or a k'ahk' xook [huun] – the fiery shark headband – on your head. Then your name changes, and it's called a k'al huunil k'aba'; so, the "headband binding name" or coronation name – like a crowning name or royal name. So this is your name as a king. Because as a king you become k'uhul ajaw – you become basically a mediator between the world of the divine and the human world; you acquire special roles. And as such then, you acquire the divine essence of your predecessors, of your ancestors, [and you] usually adopt a name that incorporates the names of your ancestors and the patrons of your dynasty.