Home›Open Questions›What Is the Literal Meaning of Ixpiyacoc's Name?Open QuestionsWhat Is the Literal Meaning of Ixpiyacoc's Name?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What Is the Literal Meaning of Ixpiyacoc's Name?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-literal-meaning-of-ixpiyacocs-name.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What Is the Literal Meaning of Ixpiyacoc's Name?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-literal-meaning-of-ixpiyacocs-nameCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-is-the-literal-meaning-of-ixpiyacoc, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What Is the Literal Meaning of Ixpiyacoc's Name?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-literal-meaning-of-ixpiyacocs-name}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionIxpiyacoc carries the Popol Vuh's feminine ix- prefix despite being the pair's male member, a detail the text's Mayanist translators note without a settled explanation, and the literal root behind piyacoc draws competing candidate readings rather than one agreed derivation.What would resolve this A philological study addressing both the root itself and why the text marks a male figure with the feminine ix- prefix, which existing commentary notes but does not resolve, tested against a wider comparative K'iche' and Mayan vocabulary.OpenK'iche' Maya philology, Mesoamerican historical linguisticstranslated by Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of LifeCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnIxpiyacoc, Deities Well-attested Source Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Lifetranslated by Dennis Tedlocktier 2SourcesPopol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Lifetier 2translated by Dennis Tedlock, Simon and Schuster, 1996Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year