Maize

Now at the same time, the Grandmother was weeping, crying out before the
ears of unripe maize that had been left planted. They had sprouted, but then they dried up
when they were burned in the pit oven. Then the ears of maize had sprouted once again,
and the Grandmother had burned copal incense before them as a memorial. The heart
of their grandmother rejoiced when the maize sprouted a second time.

Thus they were deified by their grandmother. She named it Center House, Center
Ancestral Plot, Revitalized Maize, and Leveled Earth.

She named it Center House and Center Harvest for it was in the very center of the
interior of their home where they had planted the ears of maize.

She named it Leveled Earth and Revitalized Maize for it was upon level ground
that the ears of maize had been planted. She named it Revitalized Maize because the
maize had sprouted again. These names were given by Xmucane to what Hunahpu and
Xbalanque had left planted. This was a memorial to them by their grandmother.


- Popol Vuh