... light was limited to a certain surface area (Tedlock, p.74). Two boy gods named Hunahpu and Xbalanque decided to defeat him due to his arrogance. Hunapu broke Seven Macaw's jaw with a blow gun and he fell out of his tree (Tedlock, p.78). They invoked grandmother and grandfather who ... ultimately took away his greatness. In cosmology, this tale explains the shape and the trail of the Big Dipper which rises over Polaris. The fall of Seven Macaw from the tree represents the ... Popul Vuh mentions citadels frequently in the reading. This is a name for a city or a town of defense surrounded ...

• Word Count: 3104
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School