all levels of the Upper World are plunged into darkness when Hon-ga A-hui-ton’s gloriously shining head disappears from its accustomed place, for his head is Morning Star, the harbinger of the sun. His head is recovered when two of his relatives (variously identified as his sons or nephews) magically kill the victorious ball players with special arrows and return the heads of Hon-ga A-hui-ton and his slain companions. Hon-ga A-hui-ton is thus awakened as the axis of the universe along with the shining abode of the sun in the daytime sky
