Tohil, Avilix, and Hacavitz

Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam said, “Let us await the break of day.”

Our first mothers and fathers did not yet have wood nor stones to keep.

But their hearts were tired of waiting for the sun. Already all the tribes and the Yaqui people, the priests and sacrificers, were very many.

Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam said:

“Let us go to see if our tribal symbols are in safety so we can find what we must burn before them. For being as we are, there is no one who watches for us”.

Having heard of a city, they went there.

The name of the place where Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam and those of Tamub and llocab went was Tulán-Zuiva, Vucub-Pec, Vucub-Ziván.

This was the name of the city where they went to receive their gods.

All arrived at Tulán. It was impossible to count the men who arrived. There were very many and they walked in an orderly way.

Then their gods appeared. First were those of Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam, who were filled with joy:

“At last we have found what we were searching for!”

• The first that appeared was Tohil. Balam-Quitzé put him on his back, in his chest.
• Instantly, the god called Avilix appeared, and Balam-Acab carried him.
• The god called Hacavitz was carried by Mahucutah.
• Iqui-Balam carried the one called Nicahtacah.

Together with the people of the Quiché, they also received those of Tamub.

In the same way, Tohil was the name of the god of the Tamub who received the grandfather and father of the Lords of Tamub, whom we know today.

In the third place were those of Ilocab.

Tohil was also the name of the god who was received by the grandfathers and the fathers of the lords, whom we also know today.

In this way, the 3 Quiché families were given their names and they did not separate, because they had a god of the same name:

• Tohil of the Quiché
• Tohil of the Tamub
• Tohil of the Ilocab

The name of the god was only one. And so the 3 Quiché families did not separate.

Great was the virtue of Tohil, Avilix, and Hacavitz.

Then all the people arrived, those from Rabinal, the Cakchiquel, those from Tziquinahá, and the people who now are called the Yaqui.

There it was that the speech of the tribes changed. Their tongues became different.

They could no longer understand each other clearly after arriving at Tulán.

There also they separated, there were some who had to go to the East, but many came here.

Their clothing was only the skins of animals.

They were poor and possessed nothing. But they had the nature of extraordinary men.

When they arrived at Tulán-Zuiva, Vucub-Pec, Vucub-Ziván, the old traditions say that they had traveled far in order to arrive there.