A deity loses this role after his cowardice prompts another god to throw a rabbit at his face; that deity, Tecciztecatl, had hesitated while Nanahuatzin adopted this role by leaping into a (*) bonfire.
A Mayan god with this role is the patron deity of the day Muluc and is referred to as God G in the codices, but was historically called Kinich Ahau. Another deity with this role told his children to found a city where a divine golden wedge sank into the earth and was married to his sister Mama Quilla (key-ya). A deity loses this role after his cowardice prompts another god to throw a rabbit at his face; that deity, Tecciztecatl, had hesitated while Nanahuatzin adopted this role by leaping into a (*) bonfire. Incan mythology assigned this role to Inti, while Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl were the first two of its five holders in the mythology of the Aztecs, who made human sacrifices to keep the god in this role moving. For 10 points, name this role in which a god is often said to travel through the sky casting light on the Earth.
A Mayan god with this role is the patron deity of the day Muluc and is referred to as God G in the codices, but was historically called Kinich Ahau.
sun god [or solar deity] &lt;Carson&gt;