Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the first grandparents and diviners of the Popol Vuh, bore Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu as their sons.
Hun Came and Vucub Came killed Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu after defeating them in the ballgame in Xibalba, as told in the Popol Vuh.
Hunahpu and Xbalanque descended to Xibalba to avenge their father Hun-Hunahpu and uncle Vucub-Hunahpu, who had been lured, defeated, and sacrificed by the death lords a generation earlier.
Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu descended into Xibalba after being summoned by the death lords, failed its trials, and were sacrificed beneath the underworld ballcourt as told in the Popol Vuh.
The Owl Messengers of Xibalba delivered the death lords' summons to Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu, commanding them to appear in the underworld for a ballgame, as told in the Popol Vuh.
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