ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina nui o ka honua kahiko i manaʻoʻiʻo i kahi wahi pōuliuli o ka pouli, e like me ka Gehena Kalikiano, kahi i huakaʻi ai nā kānaka a hālāwai aku me nā mea ʻano ʻē a weliweli hoʻi e weliweli iā lākou. ʻO ka Meiana.
Ua manaʻo ka poʻe Mayans ʻo ke komo ʻana i kēia ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele a hellish ma waena o nā haneli he nui o nā cenote i hoʻopuehu ʻia i loko o ka hema hikina o Mekiko, kahi i alakaʻi ai i kahi pūnaewele labyrinthine o nā hohonu nui i ʻauʻau ʻia i nā wai polū i hoʻoilina hoʻoilina o Mekiko.
He kapu kēia mau pūnaewele i ka Meiana, ke kiʻi ʻana i kahi e piha i nā akua pohihihi (ʻike ʻia ʻo Lords of Xibalba) a me nā mea weliweli; i kēia manawa, mālama nā cenotes i kahi aura mystical e hoʻolilo iā lākou i nā pūnaewele koi e ʻike i ka wā ma mua o Mekiko a me nā mea kupaianaha maoli i hoʻohiwahiwa i ka poʻe kamaʻāina kahiko o ia wahi.
I ka Mayan lalo honua, Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā Haku o Xibalba e nā hierarchies a me nā ʻaha kūkā i noho pū me kahi ʻano o ka lāhui. ʻO ko lākou helehelena maʻamau ke ʻano cadaverous a pouli hoʻi, a ua hōʻailona lākou i ka kia o ke ola ʻē aʻe: ʻo ka hopena, ua lawelawe lākou ma ke kaulike ma waena o nā honua o ka poʻe ola a me nā ao o ka poʻe make.
ʻO nā akua mua o Xibalba ʻo Hun-Camé (One-Death) a ʻo Vucum-Camé (ʻehiku-make), akā ʻo ka mea nui ʻo Ah Puch, ʻo Kisin a ʻo Yum Kimil, ka Ka Haku o ka Make. Ua hoʻomana ʻia lākou e nā Mei, ka poʻe i hana i nā mōhai kanaka i kā lākou hanohano.
Wahi a ka puke hemolele Maya, ka Popol Vuh, ua hāʻule ʻelua mau kaikunāne ʻo Hunahp lāua ʻo Ixbalanqué i ka Underworld ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka honua e like me kā māua e ʻike nei ma hope o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻana e nā akua e pāʻani i kahi pāʻani kinipōpō. Ua hoʻomanawanui lākou i nā pilikia he nui i loko o kā lākou huakaʻi i kēia ao ʻano weliweli a weliweli, e like me ka piʻi ʻana i nā ʻūlili kiʻekiʻe, ka hele ʻana i nā kahawai o ke koko a me ka wai, a me ka hele ʻana i nā keʻena pouli me nā mea hihiu a me nā kākalaioa.
Hōʻike ka Popol Vuh i nā pae he nui o ka Xibalba i kēia ala:
- Hale pouli, hoʻopuni puni ʻia e ka pouli.
- Hale anuanu, kahi i hoʻopuni ai ka makani ʻino i nā kihi a pau o kona kūloko.
- ʻO ka hale o nā jaguars, piha i nā jaguars hihiu e holo ana mai kahi lōʻihi a i kekahi.
- ʻO ka hale ʻōpeʻapeʻa, piha i nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa i hoʻopiha i ka hale me nā screech.
- ʻO ka hale o nā pahi, kahi i koe nā pahi ʻoiʻoi a weliweli hoʻi.
- ʻO ke ola ʻana o kahi hale ʻeono i kapa ʻia ʻo House of Heat i ʻōlelo ʻia, kahi ma laila wale nā ahi, ke ahi, nā ahi a me nā ʻeha.
No ka mea Meiana Ua manaʻo lākou ʻo kēlā me kēia kāne a me nā wahine i make i hele i Xibalba, hāʻawi lākou i ka wai a me nā meaʻai i ka poʻe make i kā lākou mau kanu kupapaʻu i ʻole e pōloli ko lākou ʻuhane i kā lākou huakaʻi e hele nei i ka Underworld weliweli.
