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Can the Lords of Death be fooled? "Zotz was a bat, but not just any bat, " said Megan. "He was a vampire bat like those we saw in the cave above. In Mayan legend, he played a part in the story of two brothers who upset the Lords of Death and were forced to travel to the Underworld-called Xibalba. There they had to pass several death-defying tests. They hid in the house of Zotz, but when one of them peered out, Zotz swooped down and tore off his head." "Lovely, " said Kat. "Most of the Mayan legends are similarly gruesome.
But in the story, the other brother managed to reattach the head. In the end, they fooled the Lords of Death .