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Popol Vuh: The Mayan Creation Myth
How did the Mayan civilization come to be? Anthropologists still study them in the hopes of answering that question, but the Mayans attempted to answer it with the Popol Vuh, a body of narratives that are based in both myth and history. Found in modern day Guatemala, it discusses the Quiché kingdom, one of the empire’s states in the highlands of Guatemala.
The Popol Vuh, or "Book of the People,” includes creation myths, epic tales of the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, and genealogies, telling a tale of myth, royalty, and history. It survived the fall of the Mayan empire, and it was translated by the 18th century Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez.
This edition is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrations.
The Popol Vuh, or "Book of the People,” includes creation myths, epic tales of the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué, and genealogies, telling a tale of myth, royalty, and history. It survived the fall of the Mayan empire, and it was translated by the 18th century Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez.
This edition is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrations.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 8, 2011
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July 13, 2017
The Mayan creation myth that survived the Spanish conquest and was translated by the Catholic Church. A very rich and interesting epic.
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