The currency of cacao
The high stakes of the ballgame
Mesoamerican science and engineering
Gods, myths, and the underworld
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misslily Gods, myths, and the underworld
They paid for turkeys with cacao in the square, But wax-filled fake cacao shells were sliding everywhere.
misslily Aztec and Maya myths agree that humans were crafted from sacred materials, with corn playing a central role in our creation.
misslily The famous Popol Vuh manuscript tells the story of the Hero Twins who defeated the lords of death in a ballgame.
misslily Match sacred myths to mighty gods to discover how chocolate was used as money.
The bat house: In the Maya underworld of Xibalba, the Hero Twins had to survive a night in a house filled with flesh-eating bats.
The underworld in Maya mythology, ruled by various death gods and associated with dangerous physical trials. In the Popol Vuh, the Hero Twins descended into Xibalba to play a ritual ballgame.
Why did the Maya lords of the underworld invite the Hero Twins' father to play a ballgame in the first place?
Who are the legendary brothers in the Popol Vuh who defeated the underworld lords at a ballgame?
What optical illusion happens at the El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza during the equinoxes?
In the Popol Vuh, what animal's head did the Hero Twins use to temporarily replace Hunahpu's decapitated head?
What was the name of the Aztec underworld, which souls had to travel through for four years to reach rest?
What bird's brilliant green feathers were used to represent the plumage of the god Quetzalcoatl?