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Bookmark or Share- Xibalba - WikipediaXibalba (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃiɓalˈɓa]), roughly translated as "place of fright", is the name of the underworld (in K'iche': Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a cave in the vicinity of Cobán, Guatemala.
- Xibalba: The Underworld in Mayan Mythology - MalevusXibalba (freely translated as “Place of Fear”) – the underworld in Mayan mythology, ruled by spirits of diseases and death. Traditionally, the entrance to Xibalba was located in a cave near Cobán in Guatemala. According to some K’iche’, who are descendants of the Maya, this region is still associated with death.
- Xibalba - World History EncyclopediaXibalba (Shee-bal-ba) was the name the K'iche Maya gave to the underworld. For the Yucatec Maya the underworld was known as Metnal. The name Xibalba translates as 'Place of Fright', which indicates the terror the place had in the Maya imagination. There was, unfortunately, not much chance of escaping the place, either.
- Xibalba - Maya Place of Fear | Mythology.netWhat is Xibalba? Xibalba (pronounced: Shee-bal-ba) is the name the K’iche Maya gave to their underworld and means “place of fear or fright“. The underworld was ruled by the Maya death gods and struck terror in every Maya man, woman and child. The Maya could not escape suffering in death and were either subjected to horrific trials in ...
- An eerie portal to the Maya underworld - BBCThis was the Main Chamber of Actun Tunichil Muknal (the ATM Cave) in the jungle of western Belize, and to the Maya, this eerie, fascinating cavern was a sacred entrance to Xibalba, the Maya...
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