Kaqchikeleb'
One of the thirteen allies of the K’iche’s, whose principal lineage was the Sotz’ila Ja, or “Bat House” (Christenson p. 217 n. 566), who stole fire from the K’iche’ forefathers. Their patron god was Chamalkan, interpreted by anthropologist Dennis Tedlock (1996: 356) as “Snake Tooth.” According to Tedlock (p. 338), the Kaqchikels are “a people who border the Quiché on the south and east and speak a language of the Quichean family. They belong to a group of thirteen allied tribes the Quichés regarded as having come (like themselves) from the east.