Tap

Tap (cangrejo) es uno de los animales mencionados en las invocaciones iniciales del texto k'iche' y juega un rol importante en el inframundo de Xib'alb'a, donde los dos muchachos (ka'ib k'ajolab) batallan con Sipakna y su padre, Wuqub Kak'ix.

Tap (crab) is one of the animals mentioned in the opening invocations of the Popol Wuj. The animal also plays an important role in Xib'alb'a, where the Hero Twins (ka'ib k'ajolab) battle against the old guard, Sipakna and his father, Wuqub Kak'ix.

Image credit: Fernando A. Moreira, "The Crab as Cosmic Yux," figure 2.