According to a text central to these peoples' beliefs, a god of earthquakes and a god of mountains were the children of an impostor who pretended to be the Sun and Moon and was named Vucub Caquix, or Seven Macaw.
Two men in the mythology of these people were given a message relayed through a hawk, which had eaten a snake, which had eaten a toad, which had eaten a louse. According to a text central to these peoples' beliefs, a god of earthquakes and a god of mountains were the children of an impostor who pretended to be the Sun and Moon and was named Vucub Caquix, or Seven Macaw. In this myth system, obstacles like the House of Razors and House of Bats are no match for the Hero Twins, who ultimately outwit the Lords of this myth system's underworld, Xibalba. The Popol Vuh is a compendium of the mythology of, for 10 points, what Mesoamerican civilization?
Two men in the mythology of these people were given a message relayed through a hawk, which had eaten a snake, which had eaten a toad, which had eaten a louse.
Mayans [or K'iche Mayan civilization; or Mayan mythology]