Ah Peku

{{Short description|God of thunder in Maya mythology}}

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In Maya mythology, Ah Peku (pek-ku) was a god of thunder.{{Cite journal |last=Kolev |first=K |date=2015 |title=Similarities between Old Scandinavian and Mayan myths on creation |url=https://www.academia.edu/16168135 |journal=La Filológica por la Causa, 2015}}{{Cite journal |last=Saint-Pierre |first=Elliott |date=2013-12-01 |title=A More General Diffusion Model For Lightning Radiative Transfer |url=https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/2024 |journal=UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones |doi=10.34917/5363939}}

Ah Peku resided on mountaintops, and climbed up into clouds during storms to create thunder.{{Cite book |last=Littleton |first=C. Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ue9QBHexz0C&dq=ah+peku+mayan&pg=PA1444 |title=Gods, Goddesses, And Mythology |date=2005 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7559-0 |language=en}}