In this myth system, a group of owl messengers turn sap into a fake heart rather than kill a pregnant maiden.
In this myth system, a group of owl messengers turn sap into a fake heart rather than kill a pregnant maiden. A villain in this myth system uses ants to trick four hundred boys into thinking he's dead, then turns them into the Pleiades; a mountain falls on top of that villain as he searches out a tasty crab. The oldest source on this myth system is an illustrated book named for (*) Dresden. Heroes in this myth system survive tests of darkness, razors, and ice cold before one of them is decapitated in the House of Bats, but still manage to win a climactic ball game against the Lords of Xibalba. For 10 points, name this myth system whose stories appear in the Popol Vuh and which is complemented by a long-count calendar ending in 2012.
In this myth system, a group of owl messengers turn sap into a fake heart rather than kill a pregnant maiden.
Mayan mythology