Vucub-Caquix

It was cloudy and twilight then on the face of the earth. There was no sun yet. Nevertheless, there was a being called Vucub-Caquix who was very proud of himself.

The sky and the earth existed, but the faces of the sun and the moon were covered.

But Vucub-Caquix was not really the sun. He was only vainglorious of his feathers and his riches.

He could see only as far as the horizon, and he could not see over all the world.

The face of the sun had not yet appeared, nor that of the moon, nor the stars, and it had not dawned.

Therefore, Vucub-Caquix became as vain as though he were the sun and the moon, because the light of the sun and the moon had not yet shown itself. His only ambition was to exalt himself and to dominate.

And all this happened when the flood came because of the wooden people.

Chapter 5

This is the beginning of the defeat and the ruin of the glory of Vucub-Caquix brought about by two youths:

1. Hunahpú
2. Xbalanqué

They were really gods.

When they saw the harm which the arrogant one had done, and wished to do, in the presence of the Heart of Heaven, the youths said:

Vucub-Caquix had 2 sons:

1. Zipacná
2. Cabracán

Their mother was Chimalmat, the wife of Vucub-Caquix.

Zipacná played ball with the large mountains with Chigag, Hunahpú, Pecul, Yaxcanul, Macamob, and Huliznab.

These are the names of the mountains which existed when it dawned and which were created in a single night by Zipacná.

In this way, then, Cabracán moved the mountains and made the large and small mountains tremble.

In this way the sons of Vucub-Caquix proclaimed their pride.

In this way the sons of Vucub-Caquix followed the example of their father’s assumed greatness.

This seemed very evil to Hunahpu and Xbalanque.