"In the Popol Vuh, First Father was killed in Xibalba, the Maya Otherworld, by the Lords of Death. They then buried his body in a ballcourt. His twin sons went to Xibalba, defeated his killers, and brought him back to life.
Classic-period artists depicted First Father being reborn thorugh the cracked carapace of a turtle shell, often flanked by his two sons." |
