Editing Kinich Ahau (section)

== Names ==
Kinich Ahau is the Yucatec and Lacandon name of the sun god. The element ''kʼinich'', usually assumed to mean 'sun-eyed', appears to have been in general use as a royal title during the Classic Period. Kinich Ahau should not be confused with Ah Kʼin or Ah Kʼin Chob. ''Ah Kʼin'' is Yucatec for 'someone who deals with the day(s)', the word for 'day' and 'sun' being the same. The term refers to Yucatec calendar priests and to priests in general. As to ''Ah Kʼin'' Chob, J.E.S. Thompson suggested that this Lacandon deity name (alternating with Can Chob and Chi Chac Chob) could refer to the sun deity,<ref>Thompson 1970: 241</ref> but the mythology of Ah Kʼin Chob does not bear this out.<ref>see Boremanse 1986: 113-118, 186-187, 196-197</ref> Although the element ''chob'' has been translated as 'squint-eyed', which is an iconographic feature of the Classic sun deity, the only source for this translation is a single statement by Tozzer.<ref>Tozzer 1907: 95n.1</ref>