Palenque also holds more than 1,500 other Maya structures, including the Cross Group, a trio of temples built at different elevations, most likely meant to represent the sky, the Earth, and the underworld.
The eagle and the man on the cross kept guard for a little while over the empty pueblo; then, as though they had seen enough, sank slowly down through their hatchways, out of sight, into the nether world.
He gave him the ability to see other shinigamis and the power to make any god of death go back to the underworld without taking the soul he was coming for.
They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.
The tomb beneath the pyramid, closed to the public to prevent damage, has stone walls carved with stylized reliefs of Pakal, his family, and the underworld, as well as an enormous sarcophagus made from a single piece of stone.
Most souls traversed the treacherous halls of the underworld on foot; but many kings and pharaohs arrived on handcrafted ships, mimicking the sun god Ra, who sailed into the underworld each time the sun set.
She said the prince of darkness Prince of Darkness a lot of the underworld attempter the tempter and the old serpent, so these are actually different ways that historically have been used to describe all right.