ID: 901000045 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000045	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Xibalba (Maya legendary place)

Note: Maya underworld, described in the Popol Vuh as a court below the surface of the Earth associated with death and with twelve gods or powerful rulers.

Names:

	Xibalba (Maya legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Xibalbá (Maya legendary place) (English,U,N)
	Place of Fear (Maya legendary place) (t,English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Maya iconography> (P)
		............<Maya legendary places> (P)
		................Xibalba (Maya legendary place) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Popol Vuh
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Popol Vuh (Maya history, 1554/1558)) [901001893]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Cobán
	.....(Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, North and Central America) (TGN)

	culture/religion is .... Maya (culture or style)
	.....(Native Highland Mexican and Guatemalan styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Xibalba (Maya legendary place)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Anton and Dockstader, Pre-Columbian Art (1968)
	Xibalbá (Maya legendary place)
	................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
	Place of Fear (Maya legendary place)
	................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xibalba#/media/File:Vessel_depicting_gods_in_the_court_of_Xibalba,_the_underworld,_Maya,_Late_Classic_Period,_600-900_AD,_ceramic_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC04491.JPG
	................ Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)