Camino verde
The first time in which we arrive at the crossroads of Xibalba ("la cruzijada"), through the eyes of Junajpu and Wuqub Junajpu, we see four paths: red, black, white, yellow. These points correspond to the cosmic order of the universe, as understood in Maya color symbolism and spiritual terms (red = east; black = west; white = north; yellow = south). The brothers take the black way, the route to the underworld. But whent the Hero Twins, Junajpu and Xbalanke, reach the crossroads in this passage, the yellow way has been replaced by the green way, or what Sam Colop (2011: note 149, p.