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Yucatec Maya folklore

1 record of Yucatec Maya folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

XtabayTempter · MexicoXtabay in Yucatec Maya folklore is a seductive forest woman who ensnares wandering men. Colonial Ix Tab (“Rope Woman”) is a separate, contested ethnohistoric figure often misread as a suicide goddess. This entry keeps the living temptress distinct from that harmful flattening.