Cabrakán
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Cabrakan (also known as Caprakan, Cabracan, and '''Kab'raqan') was a Maya god of earthquakes and mountains. Cabrakan is a son of Vucub-Caquix and the brother of Zipacna. He serves as a minor character in the Popol Vuh'', where the Maya Hero Twins defeat him.
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- Gender
- male
- Father
- Vucub Caquix
- Sibling
- Zipacna
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- domain of saint or deity
- mountain
- worshipped by
- Maya mythology
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Cabrakan (also known as Caprakan, Cabracan, and '''Kab'raqan') was a Maya god of earthquakes and mountains. Cabrakan is a son of Vucub-Caquix and the brother of Zipacna. He serves as a minor character in the Popol Vuh'', where the Maya Hero Twins defeat him.
He has been called the Maya equivalent to Tepēyōllōtl.
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