EEK’ CHAPAAT: A man-size cave centipede (Scolopendra gigantea) with multiple heads and evil powers.
MESA-HOL: A demon bird and omen of evil that flies upside down. It is said that if Mesa-hol ever flies right side up it will mean the end of life on Earth.
OOKOL PIXAN: Phantoms who appear and steal the souls of people who are about to die.
IX HUMPETZ’ K’IN: A lizard with a knotted tail he uses to to whack his victims. He can kill you by biting your shadow.
WAAY POP: Giant bird with wings made of flint daggers. He spikes his victims and then disappears without a trace.
ALUX: a sprite that protects the forest and plays tricks on humans. The Alux loves sweets.
K’AAK’ASBAL: Malignant creature made up of body parts from different animals that hate each other. His eyes flash lightning and he breathes a toxic vapor.
CHE’ WINIK: A muscular giant with no bones and backward feet. If you make him laugh (a silly dance with a branch works best) he falls to the ground and can’t get up.
WAWA’ PACH: Giant with three tongues like knives and a necklace of human kidneys. Kills people by squeezing them between his legs.
EEK’ UNEHIL: Snake with a forked tail. It tries to stick the venomous tips of its tail up people’s nostrils.
WINIK TUUN HU’: This man of stone is the agent of death. Vultures sit on his head, his dreadlocks are the nests of scorpions, and lizards crawl around his toes.
IXT’ABAY: A beautiful fallen goddess who calls to passing men in the forest. Her victims are found snared in thorn bushes with a look of horror on their faces.
KAMASOOTZ’: Huge bat and queen of the deadly bat house in Xibalba. Her giant claw can decapitate a person in one swoop.