These people believed that four ancient brothers guarded the water deposits of the earth and (*) held up the sky and that some of their heroes were born when a skull impregnated a woman by spitting.
These people believed in a group of benevolent nature sprites called alux ["a-LOOSH"]. A malevolent earthquake-causing god of these people took the form of a corpse with an owl's head to stalk the earth at night and wore a death collar with disembodied eyes attached. At the top of this people's world-tree sat a god of the heavens who fathered two patrons deities of the arts who took monkey forms. These people believed that four ancient brothers guarded the water deposits of the earth and (*) held up the sky and that some of their heroes were born when a skull impregnated a woman by spitting. These worshippers of Itzamná and Ixchel played a sacred ball game in which the captain of the winning team would be sacrificed to gods like Gukumatz and Chaac. For 10 points, name this people whose myths are collected in the Popol Vuh.
These people believed in a group of benevolent nature sprites called alux ["a-LOOSH"].
Maya [Kich'e, Yucatec, or any other group]