Question

Members of this ethnic group make offerings to a deity who was supposed to protect the virtue of fishermen’s wives but had sex with them instead, represented as a wooden statue with a cigar in his mouth and layered in embroidered garments. These people, who have diviners called “day keepers,” created the story of a man who can turn into a goat called the huay chivo (“WYE CHEE-voe”), which is related to their wayob (“WYE-ahb”). Among these people, the four brothers who each stand at one of the four directions are sons of (*) Itzamná (-5[1])(“eet-sahm-NAH”) called bacabs. (10[2]-5[1])The Dresden (10[1])and Madrid codices (10[3]-5[3])record how these (10[1])people (10[1])worshiped the (10[1])rain god Chaac (10[4]-5[2])(“CHAHCK”). In (10[1])one myth of these (10[1]-5[1])people, Seven Macaw (10[1])is (10[1])defeated by (10[1])the Hero (10[1])Twins, (10[3])who also go to the (10[1])underworld of Xibalba (10[4])(“shee-bahl-BAH”). For 10 points, name these people whose beliefs are recorded in the Popol Vuh (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Maya people [or Mayans] (the god in the first sentence is Maximón)
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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