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Blood Gatherer
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Her twin sons will carry on their fathers' adventures.
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Blood Moon
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The wife of One Hunahpú and Seven Hunahpú, whose father is a lord of the underworld.
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Camazotz
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A bat-god who guides the hero twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué while they are in Xibalbá, the underworld.
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Gucumatz
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The Feathered Serpent Lord who raises the Quiché above the other tribes, establishes human ritual, and oversees the founding of the first cities.
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Heart of Sky
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Also named Hurricane, this original god creates smoke, flame, clouds, and lightning.
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Hunahpú and Xbalanqué
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Twin sons of Blood Moon by the first twins, One Hunahpú and Seven Hunahpú, the "hero twins" who are central to the story.
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Maker, Modeler, Bearer, Begetter
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Original creation gods who carry out the will of Sovereign Plumed Serpent and Heart of Sky.
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One Hunahpú and Seven Hunahpú
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The twins of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, who have the first adventures on Earth.
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The Quiché
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Residents of the kingdom of Quiché, these people rise to prominence soon after the final creation of humans.
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Sovereign Plumed Serpent
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The great creator of the universe.
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Vucub-Caquix, Zipacná, and Cabracán
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Vucub-Caquix is the father of Zipacná and Cabracán; all three must be vanquished by Hunahpú and Xbalanqué.
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Xibalba
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The Underworld, where the two sets of hero twins must go to prove themselves by outsmarting the lords of the underworld.
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Xpiyacoc and Xmucane
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The oldest of the gods, who have twin hero sons in the time before humans.
