Entre los mayas, las adivinanzas son un pasatiempo para adultos y jóvenes, y poseen un carácter ritual: es costumbre jugar con ellas en velorios y en ceremonias agrícolas.

Guess This, Yucatecan Mayan Children’s Riddles. Among the Mayas, riddles are a common pastime among adults and young people, and have a ritual quality to them: it is customary to say riddles at wakes and agricultural ceremonies. In English, Maya, Tzotzil, Spanish and French.