CENUKE

Cenuke lived during the time of the first ancestors. He was a very powerful man and a powerful xon (shaman). He was the only child of Kakrecen and Sakutá, his father and mother. While he lived on the Earth he was called Hasaps, but later he was transformed into the star called Cenuke. In his youth, he was rebellious, repulsive and unfriendly, and people looked down upon him. He was constantly trying to harm and abuse the other children. His parents lived near the fishing village of Irigoyen, and their family was from the South. When K’aux divided up the territory, the 10th district of K’al was given to them.

As he became stronger and more powerful, Cenuke also became more dangerous. His power as a wizard reached far and wide and no one could match his strength. But though he attempted to bring the people under his power and rule over them, they joined together and were able to resist him.

Cenuke killed people for pleasure and was violent beyond measure. He could cause a man to fall down dead in an instant. Once, as a woman was walking along the beach looking for mussels, Cenuke approached her, sat down on a rock and watched her for a while. He said to the woman, “Give me some mussels!” The woman rushed over immediately and offered him some. Cenuke gave her a piercing look, and the woman fell down dead. This pleased Cenuke.

Cenuke had a powerful adversary in Kwányip, who had also harmed many of the people in that land. The people were powerless against these two outlaws. Luckily, the two often fought with each other. People in these parts remember those two insolent and despotic xons with loathing.