... Another is Tamoanchan, the paradise of the Mother Goddess, the place of birth, the cincalli, or house of maize (Seler 1963, 1:25). Garibay de-fines cincalli as the cavern that is ‘ the place of ... miles to the east of thevillage lies the Gulf of Mexico .The climate of the region between the mountains and the Gulf Coast is tropical and humid, supporting the north-ernmost reach of tropical ... theUnderworld,two of which are throughcaves: the north entrance by the ‘‘cave of thewinds,’’ which is the access to theworld of the dead; and the south entrance, Atotonican, a hot spring at the back of a...