... 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 cave where ... been a ritual offering in Mexico.On May 3, at Atenxoxola, at another cave, there are festivities for the HolyCross that include a rite of passage, the changing of the mayordomo in charge of the ... mediating human needs with earth deities in the cave context, a theme revisited in most of these chapters.Heyden’s chapter (Chapter 2) is a synthetic review of literature regarding the use of caves...