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| Vucub-Caquix means Seven Macaws. Father Ximenez believed him to be the personage of a kind of Lucifer. He was vain and his only ambition was to exalt himself and dominate. He believed he was the Sun and the Moon. |
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| Who were the sons of Vucub-Caquix? How are they characterized? |
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| His sons were Zipacná and Cabracán. They were just like him and thought they created the Earth and moved mountains. |
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| Who is the wife of Vucub-Caquix? |
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| Who killed Vucub-Caquix? and How? |
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| Hun-Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, they went with the old man and old woman (Zaqui-Nim-Ac and Zauis-Nima- Tziis) to Vucub-Caquix's home to beg for food and told him they could cure his teeth. They replaced his teeth with only grains of white corn and he died, as did his wife. Hun-Hunapú recovered his arm. |
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| Who are Hun-Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu? |
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| Hun-Hunahpu is the father of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanqué. Vucub Hunahpu is the brother of Hun-Hunahpu and the uncle of the Hero Twins. |
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