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(. cerbatanci ) when he is eating: we will shoot him and dis¬ 
able him; and then will be dispersed his riches, his precious 
stones, and his emeralds, which are the foundation of his 
greatness;' and so said the youths, each one with his blow- 
gun on his shoulder. Now, that Vucub-caquix had two 
sons: the elder was called Sipacua, and the second was 
called Cabracan, and their mother was named Chimalmat. 
She was the wife of Vucub-caquix. And that son of his, 
Sipacua, whose pasture-ground was great mountains, that 
one moreover in one night before dawn made the moun¬ 
tain called Hunahpupecul, Yaxcanulmucamob, Hulisnab, 
because in a night Sipacua made a mountain; and his 
brother Cabracan (this is, of two feet) used to move and 
shake the mountains both great and small. And so more¬ 
over these two sons of Vucub-caquix became proud; and 
thus said Vucub-caquix: ‘ Know ye that I am the sun.’ 
c And I am the maker of the earth,’ said Sipacua; ‘ and 
I,’ said Cabracan, ‘ am he who moves the earth, I will de¬ 
molish all the world.’ And thus the sons of Vucub-caquix 
became arrogant even as their father was arrogant; and 
this seemed evil in the sight of the two youths, Hunahpu 
and Xbalanque. Nevertheless our first fathers and 
mothers were not yet created, and thus the two youths 
plotted the death of Vucub-caquix, of Sipacua, and of 
Cabracan. 
66 And here follows the telling of the blow the two 
youths gave to Vucub-caquix, and how each one was de¬ 
stroyed by his arrogance. 
“ This Vucub-caquix had a tree of nances , because that 
was his only food; and every day he climbed the tree to 
eat the fruit. This Hunahpu and Xbalanque had observed 
that it was his food; and they lay in ambush, the two 
