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#31DaysOfMonsters Day 22: Hun-Came (One Death)

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Hun-Came and Vucub Came (One Death and Seven Death) are the principle death gods of the Mayan underworld, Xibalba. In recent narratives, particularly in the oral tradition of the Lacandon people, there is only one death god (called "Kisin" in Lacandon), who acts as the antipode of the Upper God in the creation of the world and of the human body and soul. This death god inhabits an Underworld that is also the world of the dead.
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You know, at a glance I also thought this was Ryuk. Then again, I did just finish watching Death Note for the third time . . .

It sure is interesting how many variations of a death god (or gods) cultures have. And most seem to have their own version of Hell/Underworld.