Sounds a little like the similarity between Disney's adaption of the Uncle Remus stories of the American South and the folktales from Nicaragua of Tio Conejo................the connection is West African story telling..................the same from the creation myth of the Mayan............and the central story of the Hero Twins who go down to Hell to challenge the lord of the underworld to a ball game to avenge their father who lost to the devil of the Mayan............trying to do the same thing...........twins in West Africa....................an outlier statistically...........................man have these people hidden stuff from us................




Compare that to the Mayan creation myth.............in their book...........the Popul Vuh.................the hero twins namely............oh boy.............

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Jump to Popol Vuh - [edit]. Many versions of the Twin Myth must have circulated among the Mayas, but the only one that survives in a written form is the ...

‎The Hero Twins in word and image - ‎Twin myth summary
Hero Twins - Mythweb
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In the lore of the Quiché Maya, One and Seven Hunahpu were the first generation of hero twins. These boys were passionate ballplayers. They were so good at ...
Maya Civilization for Kids: Hero Twins Myth - Ducksters
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The Hero Twins are two of the most famous characters from Maya mythology. Their story is told in one of the few surviving Maya texts called the Popol Vuh.

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Hunahpu and Xbalanque - The Maya Hero Twins
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The Hero Twins are famous Mayan semi-gods called Hunahpu and Xbalanque whose story is narrated in the Popol Vuh, “The Book of Council”. The Popul Vuh ...
POPOL VUH
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Popol Vuh - narrative about the origins, traditions and history of the ... The Hero Twins (Hunahpu and Xbalanque), out hunting, shoot Vucub Caquix in the jaw.
The Hero Twins - YouTube
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An animated depiction of the Quiche Mayan myth of the Hero Twins, from the Popol Vuh.
Gendering the Hero Twins in the Popol Vuh - Academia.edu
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Gendering the Hero Twins in the Popol Vuh Susan D. Gillespie Introduction The Popol Vuh, an epic historical narrative authored by K'iche' Maya peoples in ...
Popol Vuh - Myth Encyclopedia - mythology, story, ancient ...
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The Popol Vuh is the most important source of information on the mythology of ... The second and third parts tell of the adventures of the Hero Twins, Hunahpú ...
Creation Story of the Maya | Living Maya Time
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The Popol Vuh, or Popol Wuj in the K'iche' language, is the story of creation of ... Community,” narrates the Maya creation account, the tales of the Hero Twins, ..