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In one myth of these people, two women who become the first sex workers are sent to defeat three gods disguised as young boys while they are bathing in a river. In these people’s mythology, a crab-loving demon is killed by the sons of Blood Moon, who were conceived (10[1])when a gourd spat on their mother’s hand. (10[1])A river of (10[1])scorpions and a river of pus (10[1]-5[1])can be found in (10[1])these people’s underworld, Xibalba (10[1])(“shee-ball-BAH”). Two (10[1])figures (10[2])in these people’s (-5[1])mythology avenge the death of their father by beating the Lords of Death at a ball game; those figures are the Hero Twins, Hunahpu (“hoo-nah-POO”) and Xbalanque (“sh’bah-lon-KAY”). For 10 points, the Popol Vuh details the mythology of what Mesoamerican people from the Yucatán? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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