Vucub-Hunahpu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Xmucane(parent),Xpiyacoc(parent),Hun Hunahpu(sibling)— Marriage

  Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the first grandparents and diviners of the Popol Vuh, bore Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub-Hunahpu as their sons.

Slain by

• Hun Came,Vucub Came

  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.

Associated with

• Hun Hunahpu,Hunahpu,Xbalanque

  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,Xibalba

  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.

• Hun Hunahpu,Owl Messengers of Xibalba

  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.