1) Location in Maya mythology 
Xibalba (/ʃiɓälˈɓä/), roughly translated as `place of fear`, is the name of the underworld in K`iche` Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a cave in the vicinity of Cobán, Guatemala. According to some of the K`iche` Maya presently ...