Chapter 9
Part Two
The Descent Of Hunahpu And Xbalanque Into Xibalba
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This was the first test of Xibalba. The Lords of Xibalba thought that (the boys') entrance there would be the beginning of their downfall. After a while (the boys) entered the House of Gloom; immediately lighted sticks of fat pine were given them and the messengers of Hun-Came also took a cigar to each one.
"These are their pine sticks,' said the lord; 'they must return them at dawn, tomorrow, together with the cigars, and you must bring them back whole,' said the lord." So said the messengers when they arrived.