Popol vuh
Subtitle: the Mayan book of the dawn of life
By: translated by Dennis Tedlock, with commentary based on the ancient knowledge of the modern Quiché Maya.
Contributors: Tedlock, Dennis, 1939-
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; myn
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Quiché Indians -- Religion.; Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Religion.
Work titles: Popol vuh. English.
Description: "The Popol Vuh, the Quiche Mayan book of creation, is one of the extraordinary documents of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval sea and ends with the radiant splendor of the Mayan lords who founded the Quiche kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands. Originally written in Mayan hieroglyphs, it was transcribed in the Spanish alphabet in the sixteenth century. This is the first unabridged English edition of the work, in Dennis Tedlock's widley prasied translation, with a full introduction and commentaries on the text." From the bookjacket.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."

"The definitive edition of the Mayan book of the dawn of life and the glories of gods and kings"--cover.

Translated from the Quiché.

Bibliography: p. 373-380.