Tulan-Zuiva

Tulan-Zuiva
   In the Quiche Creation Legend as told in the Popul Vuh this place, known as ‘the Seven Caves’, was where the ancestors of the race started life after the extinction of the first race by fire and water and where they received their gods Avilix, Hacavitz, and Tohil. It resembles the Chicomoztoc of the Aztecs and maybe Xibalba.

Who’s Who in non-classical mythology . . 2014.

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