Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Please help improve the article with a good introductory style. |
This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (December 2007) |
Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau was a Mayan princess c. 682 A.D. that was part of an arranged marriage between Caracol and Naranjo. Was to re-establish the royal dynasty after Caracol defeated Naranjo in a power struggle.
She was important to politics in classical Mayan civilizations. Her son Smoking Squirrel was an important figure in later Mayan development.
[edit] References
- Bulliet, Richard W.; Daniel R. Headrick, Steven W. Hirsch, Lyman L. Johnson, David Northrup. The Earth and Its People: A Global History. Houghton Mifflin Company, 298. ISBN 061821464X.