yumil-kaax

Updated: July 6, 2026

This sacrifice or ceremony consists in presenting to BALAM, the Yumil-Kaax, the “Lord of the fields,” the primitiæ of all their fruits before beginning the harvest. Katish, or cah-tich would then be the city of the sacrifices the holy city.

Augustus Le Plongeon - Vestiges of the Mayas : or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate : Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between : the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa