the popol vuh and its legacy
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The Council Book
oral tradition
possibly written using ideographic language
written in Quiché language using the Latin alphabet around 1550 (lost)
copied by Francisco Ximénez ca. 172o (bilingual manuscript)
translated into German (Scherzer) and French (Brasseur) in the the 19th century
Part One: the creation of the world
Part Two: The Hero Twins defeat the Lords of Xibalbá
Part Three: The first real humans are created
Part Four: the Tohil lineage and the Mayan tribes
Parents First Children Hero Twins Lords of Xibalba
One Hunter One Howler Hunter/Jun Aj Pu
One Death
Seven Hunter One Monkey Jaguar Deer/Ix B’alam Kej
Seven Death
Little Blood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5PuBVARfeM
Rigoberta Menchú and Dante Liano
“…when there was plenty of honey and the maize-plants were straining under the weight of the cobs of corn […] then my village was a lively happy place…” (15)