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Popol Vuh
Part III, Chapter 5 (4)
Now, the fire of the peoples [of Vucamag] had also gone out and they were dying of cold. immediately they came to ask Balam-Quitzé, Balam-Acab, Mahucutah, and Iqui-Balam for fire. They could no longer bear the cold nor the ice; they were shivering and their teeth were chattering; they were numb; their legs and hands shook and they could not hold anything in them, when they came. "We are not ashamed to come before you, to beg for a little of your fire," they said. But they were not well received. And then the tribes were very sad.
Secret Teachings of All Ages
American Indian Symbolism (27)
The princes of Xibalba considered the chill of the icy cavern to be unbearable and it is described as "the abode of the frozen winds of the North." Hu...