Ambiri mwa mayiko akulu kwambiri mdziko lapansi akale ankakhulupirira mdima woderako, wofanana ndi gehena wachikhristu, komwe anthu amayenda ndikukumana ndi zilombo zachilendo komanso zowopsa zomwe zimawawopsa. Pulogalamu ya Mayan.
A Mayan amaganiza kuti kulowa mumtsinje wamdima ndi wa helikowu kudadutsa mazana mazana a cenotes omwe amabalalika kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Mexico, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale ma labyrinthine akuya kwambiri osambitsidwa ndi madzi amtambo omwe tsopano ndi cholowa ku Mexico.
Masambawa anali opatulika kwa Mayan, kupereka malo odzaza ndi milungu yodabwitsa (yotchedwa Lords of Xibalba) ndi zolengedwa zowopsa; pakadali pano, ma cenotes amakhala ndi mawu achinsinsi omwe amawapangitsa kukhala malo ovomerezeka kuti adziwe zakale za Mexico komanso zodabwitsa zachilengedwe zomwe zidasangalatsa nzika zam'derali.
Mu Mayan pansi, Lords of Xibalba adakonzedwa ndi magulu akuluakulu komanso makhonsolo omwe adakhalako ndi mtundu wina wa chitukuko. Maonekedwe awo nthawi zambiri amakhala amdima komanso amdima, ndipo amawonetsa moyo wosiyana: chifukwa chake, amakhala gawo pakati pa maiko amoyo ndi maiko akufa.
Milungu yoyamba ya Xibalba inali Hun-Camé (Imfa Imodzi) ndi Vucum-Camé (Imfa Isanu ndi iwiri), koma wamkulu kwambiri anali Ah Puch, wotchedwanso Kisin kapena Yum Kimil, Mbuye wa Imfa. Amalambiridwa ndi Amaya, omwe amapereka nsembe zaumunthu polemekeza.
Malinga ndi buku loyera la a Maya, a Popol Vuh, abale awiri omwe amatchedwa Hunahp ndi Ixbalanqué adagwera ku Underworld dziko lisanakhazikitsidwe monga momwe timadziwira atatsutsidwa ndi milungu kuti achite masewera a mpira. Adakumana ndi zovuta zambiri paulendo wawo wonse wopita kudera lodabwitsali, monga kukwera masitepe, kuwoloka mitsinje yamagazi ndi madzi, komanso kudutsa zipinda zamdima ndi nyama zakutchire kapena minga.
Popol Vuh akuwonetsa magawo ambiri a Xibalba motere:
- Nyumba yamdima, yozunguliridwa ndi mdima.
- Nyumba yozizira, pomwe mphepo yozizira idadzaza ngodya iliyonse yamkati mwake.
- Nyumba ya ma jaguar, yodzaza ndi nyamazi zakutchire zomwe zimathamangira kwina.
- Nyumba ya mileme, yodzaza ndi mileme yomwe idadzaza nyumbayo ndi ma screeches.
- Nyumba ya mipeni, pomwe kunalibe china koma mipeni yakuthwa komanso yowopsa.
- Kukhalapo kwa nyumba yachisanu ndi chimodzi yotchedwa Nyumba ya Kutentha kumatchulidwa, komwe kunali moto wokha, moto, malawi ndi mavuto.
Chifukwa Mayan amaganiza kuti mwamuna ndi mkazi aliyense amene wamwalira amapita ku Xibalba, amapereka madzi ndi chakudya kwa akufa panthawi yamaliro awo kuti mzimu wawo usakhale ndi njala paulendo wawo wofika ku Underworld wowopsa.
