But the youths transformed theminto monkeys: in the trees they stayed. They sent them to get flowers from Vukub-Came's garden, a garden that was guarded by poisonous snakes; the ants aided them, for all creatures were ready to help the brothers in the game they were playing against the Lords of the Underworld;the ants brought the flowers to them; the brothers filled four vases with flowers and presented them to the Lords of Xibalba.The game was begun again, and at the end of the day Hunahpu and Xbalanque were sent to the most dread place of all; they were sent into the House of the Bats. She was the daughter of one of the lords of Xibalba, called Cuchumaquic.
They sent them into the House of the Jaguars, and there they fought off for the whole of the night the fierce beasts that snarled all round them. Do you stretch forth your hand. They went down a steep descent; they crossed a river in a deep gorge; they crossed a boiling river and a river of blood; they came to four roads that were red, black, white, and yellow. In Xibalba, the land that the sun goes down into, the land whose Lords are the Lords of the Dead, there grew a tree which was a forbidden tree--none were permitted to approach it. They saw where Hunahpu's arm was being held before a fire; the Giant's wife was holding it there, and she was chanting spells over it, so that the arm might become withered and never join with the shoulder again. "We ourselves do not know." Then they transformed themselves into fishes and swam away. Ekchuah A god also known as Ek Ahau and, earlier, as only `God M'. Then they knew that the figures were of wood, and they were made ashamed. Their grandmother had hidden these things away, fearing that the twins should find them, and become players, and be led to their destructionas their father and their uncle had been led to destruction.
It pierced his jaw. They took the twins into a forest, and they would have sacrificed them there. Set scheduled to be released in early Spring 2014.Another physical incarnation of the road to Xibalba as viewed by the K'iche' is the dark rift which is visible in the Milky Way.Upload your creations for people to see, favourite and share.Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art.Upload stories, poems, character descriptions & more. "What is it, Vukub-Came?" And they saw that when darkness fell all the animals came into the field: the puma came and the jaguar; the hare, the rat, and the opossum; the deer, the coyote, the porcupine, and the peccary; also the birds came into the field. And Xan came first to the images that were seated upon thrones: it pricked each of them; they did not move. They lifted the tree-trunks and put them back upon their stumps, and they joined the cut vines together. Their grandmother knew that they would become great heroes and great magicians. Torches were put into their hands, and they were commanded to keep them so that the sticks would not be black when the brothers appeared before the Lords of Xibalba the next day. Only the bees shall be yours to care for and to rule over. The beasts that live in the wilderness shall be your prey and your helpers, but all that is pleasant, all that is cultivated, shall be far from you. But Hunahpu lifted his head. They came to where the Giant was, and, saying that they were hunters, told him of a crab so great that they had been frightened by the sight of it. Again they set their magic tools to clear the field, and again they went hunting. Then toall who were left in Xibalba they said, "Your state and your power are gone from you. He shook the earth, making men's houses fall down. When they came back at the end of the day they found the field ready for sowing. They covered them with red paint. The first among the Maya Death Gods ruling Xibalba were Hun-Came (One Death) and Vucub-Came (Seven Death), though Hun-Came is the senior of the two. They gave no reverence to the Gods, for one of them would say, "It is I who am the sun," and another would say, "It is I who move the earth," and the third would say, "I can shake the sky and overturn the ground." Perna Studios is very excited to announce our third trading card set entitled Classic Mythology. This set will focus on 5 timeless Classic Mythologies that we have all come to love and enjoy during our lifetime.
"Who are these who make such play with the ball?" The Mayans referred to Xibalba as a place of fright. When the Giant came to the tree, Hunahpu blew a dart at him with his blow-gun. Cuchumaquic A lord of Xibalba whose name means `Blood Gatherer'. The Giant then consented, and he let the brothers tie him to the roots of trees. The animals fled swiftly away from them.
The Giant went to where he could see it. They called upon the felled trees and the cut vines to grow and flourish again.
They motioned the brothers towards the seats that were heated stones; but they would not seat themselves.