by Mildred Boyd

     The Mayan word “Xibalba” literally means “the place of fear” and in their mythology it was the lowest of the nine underworlds and the realm of the dead. It was ruled by ten Lords, or demons, of whom One Death and Seven Death were the leaders. These Lords were given domain over various forms of human suffering and were able to inflict sickness, starvation, fear, destitution, pain, and ultimately death.

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