Popol Vuh
Subtitle: The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: January 31, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780684818450
Subjects: Alternative belief systems; Ethnic or tribal religions; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Sacred texts; Quiche Indians; Native American Anthropology; Native American Religions; Archaeology / Anthropology; Religion; Central America; Quiche mythology; Anthropology - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Social Science / General; Popol vuh; Quichâe Indians; Quichâe mythology
First sentence: THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ANCIENT WORD, here in this place called Quiche.
Description: Popol Vuh, the Quiche Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. 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 into the Roman alphabet in the sixteenth century.

This new edition of Dennis Tedlock's unabridged, widely praised translation includes new notes and commentary, newly translated passages, newly deciphered hieroglyphs, and over forty new illustrations.