Round 7: Tossup 10

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 when a gourd spat on their mother’s hand. A river of scorpions and a river of pus can be found in these people’s underworld, Xibalba (10[4])(“shee-ball-BAH”). Two figures (-5[1])in these people’s mythology avenge the death of their father by beating the Lords of Death at a ball game; those figures are the Hero Twins, (-5[1])Hunahpu (“hoo-nah-POO”) and Xbalanque (10[1])(“sh’bah-lon-KAY”). For 10 points, the Popol Vuh details the mythology of what Mesoamerican people from the Yucatán? ■END■ (10[1])

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