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Colop (2008: nota 2, página 201) señala que el nombre K'ajolom "viene de k'ajol, 'niño' o 'hijo de varón'", y que en esta manera el dios K'ajolom forma la necesaria parte complimentaria a la diosa Alom, cuyo nombre "viene de ali, 'niña'". Sigue el destacado traductor: "La partícula -om es un agentivo que hace referencia a su calidad de mujer que 'concibe' y al varón que 'engendra', respectivamente. Éstos son adjetivos que hacen referencia a la pareja creadora en una lectura antropomórfica".

Junajpu Utiw is mentioned as a poetic pair of Junajpu Wuch' in the beginning of the Popol Wuj. Christenson (2007: 61, note 15) translates Junajpu Wuch' and Junajpu Utiw as "Hunahpu Possum and Hunahpu Coyote," who "are also likely titles for the gods Xpiyacoc and Xmucane." Christenson (ibid: note 16) also adds, "Utiw is the coyote (Canis latrans), an animal also associated with the night."

Carmack (1981: page 50) says this diety "was possibly related to the merchant deity of the Gulf Coast peoples. The Popol Vuh informs us that bees and wasps were the symbol of this god, just as they represented the merchant deity of the coastal peoples." Allen J.

Ixtziya'  is one of the goddesses invoked by Ixkik' to ensure she can return a netful of maize to Ixmukane. She has been interpreted differently across translationsm and in fact in some she is not her own specifcally named deity. Christenson reads her name as related to the calendar name Tz'i', meaning "dog" in K'iche' (2007: 139, note 314). For more information, see the entry on "Chajal echa' (Goddesses of the Milpa)."

Ixtoj is one of the goddesses invoked by Ixkik' [Lady Blood] in order to return a netful of maize to Ixmukane [the Grandmother]. Christenson relates her name to the day Toj on the K'iche' calendar round (2007: 138, note 311). For more information, see the entry on "Goddesses of the Milpa."

Ixq'anil is one of the goddesses invoked by Ixkik' [Lady Blood] in order to return a netful of maize to Ixmukane [the Grandmother]. Christenson relates her name to the calendar day Q'anil on the K'iche' calendar round (2007: 138, note 312). For more information, see the entry on "Chajal echa' (Goddesses of the Milpa)."

Colop (2011: nota 8, página 202) explica el significado del nombre de la abuela, según la traducción del padre Ximénez, "quiere decir 'entierro o fosa'". Por su parte Adrián Recinos (1953: 83) afirma que "estos nombres equivalen a 'los dios mexicanos Cipactonal y Oxmoco, los sabios que según la leyenda tolteca inventaron la astrología judiciaria y compusieron la cuenta de los tiempos, o sea el calendario'.

Ixkakaw is one of the goddess invoked by Ixkik' [Lady Blood] in order to return a netful of maize to Ixmukane [the Grandmother]. Christenson relates the name to Mesoamerican cacao, a highly valued currency in this region (2007: 138, note 313). For more information, see the entry on "Chajal echa' Goddesses of the Milpa)."

Ch'ipi Kaqulja is one of the manifestations of the god Heart of Sky [Uk'u'x Kaj]. Christenson (2007: 70, note 63) notes that "Ch'i'p refers to the youngest member of the family or the smallest member of a group." Tedlock (1996: 224, note 65) adds the meaning of "newborn," and that Ch'ipi Kaqulja along with Raxa Kaqulja allude not only to "shafts of lightning but to fulgurites, glassy stones formed by lightning in sandy soil."

Junajpu "is a day on the traditional highland Maya calendar, dedicated to the memory of ancestors" (Christenson 2007: note 223, page 113).