Individual segments of time are in many respects similar to other objects:

"... before there was a world (what we would call the 'universe'), a solitary deified tree was at the center of all there was. As the world's creation approached, this deity became pregnant with potential life; its branches grew one of all things in the form of fruit.

Not only were there gross physical objects like rocks, maize, and deer hanging from the branches, there were also such elements as types of lightning, and even individual segments of time.

Eventually this abundance became too much for the tree to support, and the fruit fell. Smashing open, the fruit scattered their seeds; and soon there were numerous seedlings at the foot of the old tree.

The great tree provided shelter for the young 'plants', nurturing them, until finally it was crowded out be the new.

Since then, this tree has existed as a stump at the center of the world. This is what remains of the original 'Father/Mother' (Ti Tie Ti Tixel), the source and endpoint of life ... " (Maya Cosmos)