Four brothers who held up the sky from cardinal points were called Bacab in this mythical system. Those brothers were the offspring of a creator deity of this mythos, sometimes associated with Hunab K
Four brothers who held up the sky from cardinal points were called Bacab in this mythical system. Those brothers were the offspring of a creator deity of this mythos, sometimes associated with Hunab Ku, named Itzamna. This system's central text details the defeat of Vucub-Came, aka Seven Death, in the traditional ballgame by Hunahpu and Xbalanque (sh-ba-lan-kay). The Hero Twins are featured in what myth system, FTP, the central text of which is the Popul Vuh and which was centered in a Yucatan culture?
Four brothers who held up the sky from cardinal points were called Bacab in this mythical system.
Mayan mythology