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That dirty god Zipacna must be teased into submission and buried face up.
CounterPunch 2009
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Zipacna, who calls himself the mountain maker, will not be buried under the weight of his own prideful production.
CounterPunch 2009
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And did any doubt remain, it is removed by the direct statement in the echo of this tradition preserved by the Kiches of Guatemala, wherein it is plainly said that the four hundred youths who were put to death by Zipacna, and restored to life by Hunhun Ahpu, "rose into the sky and became the stars of heaven." [
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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