When the Hero Twins first arrive at the crossroads of Xilb'ab'a, they face four possible paths: the red way, black way, white way, and yellow way. Ximénez expresses these paths in colonial K'iche' as "hun ꜫaꜫabe, hun cut queca be, zaqui be hun, hun cut eana be cahib be" (14r).
When the Hero Twins first arrive at the crossroads of Xib'alb'a, they face four possible paths: the red way, black way, white way, and yellow way. In Maya cosmovision, the color red represents power and authority (Ajpub' Pablo García Ixmatá 2010: 227).
The "green way" is unlike the other four cosmic routes of the universe -- the red way (camino rojo/ꜫaꜫabe, or kaq bej in modern orthograph), black way (camino negro/queca be/q’eq bej), white way (camino blanco/zaqui be/saq bej), and yellow way (camino amarillo/ꜫana be/q’än bej). In linguistic and cultural terms, green (rax in K'iche', yaax in Yukatek) represents newness or "primary" states within Maya cosmovision (Ajpub' Pablo García Ixmatá 2010: 227).