March 20, 2019
The Popol Vuh by Allen J. Christenson
The Hero Twins at the end of the Popol Vuh had actually made humanity and were able to beat the Xibalbans by achieving their ultimate goal of resurrecting One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu. When Hunahpu's head had been restored by tricking the Xibalbans into believing that the chilacoyote squash was the actual head, the Hero twins sacrificed themselves and the Xibalbans thought that they had won. The Hero twins had actually been resurrected but only as people fish then orphans. As they appeared as orphans they were able to hide their face from the Xibalbans and danced before them and while all this was happening, the gods of the underworld has asked them to sacrifice a dog then it was revived and they also burned a home that was soon restored.
The Hero twins also sacrificed themselves and still managed to get revived again but what the Xibalbans didn't know is that this was all part of their plan. The Xibalbans were so fascinated and convinced that these orphans were doing these actions so One Death and Seven Death asked the Hero twins to actually sacrifice them. One Death was first sacrificed but was not revived and Seven Death was grabbed next but was not killed. The Hero Twins then let all of the Xibalbans who they were and told them about One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu and all the Xibalbans were apologizing and thus Xibalba was defeated. With this victory Humanity had actually been created and the Maize god was created. Their father, Hun Hunahpu was resurrected and became the Maize god and the twins actually became the Sun and moon. The actions of the Hero twins explain the origin of the Maya people by showing what type of methods were used to trick opponents and shows the sort of origin of how everything was essentially created, not just the ball game. The story of the Hero twins also helps to give a better understanding about the idea of sacrifice and how it's not looked at as a bad thing but rather a sacrifice in order to gain something good back.
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