Part of the Popol Wuj Collection:

Inspired by the following excerpt:

“The messengers of Jun-Kame and Wuqub-Kame arrived immediately”

“Go, Ahpop Achih!” they were told. “Go and call Jun-Jun Ajpu and Wuqub-Jun Ajpu. Say to them, ‘Come with us. The lords say that you must come.’ They must come here to play ball with us so that they shall make us happy, for really they amaze us. So, then, they must come,” said the lords. “And have them bring their playing gear, their rings, their gloves, and have them bring their rubber balls, too,” said the lords. “Tell them to come quickly,” they told the messengers.”

First hero twins journey to Xibalba:

“Then they came to the bank of a river of blood and crossed it without drinking its waters; they only went to the river bank and so they were not overcome. They went on until they came to where four roads joined, and there at the crossroads they were overcome.

One of the four roads was red, another black, another white, and another yellow”