This myth system includes two elderly deities who pose as dentists and replace a vain god's teeth with corn, causing him to die of shame.
This myth system includes two elderly deities who pose as dentists and replace a vain god's teeth with corn, causing him to die of shame. Other stories from this culture describe the defeat of that god's earthquake-controlling sons, one of whom was trapped while pursuing a crab after killing the Four Hundred Boys. The killers of those sons survived the Dark (*) House, the Cold House, and the Bat House, locations in this culture's underworld, which is ruled by One Death and Seven Death. God K is the personification of the axe of their rain god, Chaac. The trip taken by Hunahpu and Xbalanque (shba-LAN-kay), the Hero Twins, to Xibalba is detailed in this culture's Popul Vuh. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican culture that venerated deities at cities like Chichen Itza on the Yucatan.
This myth system includes two elderly deities who pose as dentists and replace a vain god's teeth with corn, causing him to die of shame.
{Mayan} mythology [accept word equivalents]