USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What happened to the father and the uncle of the Hero Twins when they failed the tests of the gods? They were given another chance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sadly, the boys failed one of the tests and so the gods killed them. A Mayan princess sat by the head of One Hunahpu after he had been killed and then discovered that she was pregnant. She gave birth to twin boys whose names were Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Like their father and uncle, the twins were also good ballplayers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hero Twins are Killed The boys finally beat the Lords of Death at the game of ball. The lords were furious. They told the boys to jump into an oven, the boys agreed. The boys were killed and the gods threw their ashes into the river.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Death Lords got excited and asked the boys to do them too. So the Twins kill the Death Lords, but they don’t bring them back to life. The Twins had won! The Hero Twins have many adventures as outlined in the Popol Vuh, the great book of the Quiche Maya of Guatemala.

Detailed explanation-5: -Their penalty for loss was death. The severed head of Hun Hunahpu managed to father twins, however-the Hero Twins, who similarly disturbed Xibalba with ball playing. They were subjected to the same challenges as their father, but they outwitted the gods and turned the tables on them.