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Popol Vuh

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Paperback | Pages: 388 pages

Rating: 3.76 | 4324 Users | 284 Reviews

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Title	:	Popol Vuh
Author	:	Anonymous
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 388 pages
Published	:	January 31st 1996 by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster (NY et al.) (first published 1550)
Categories	:	History. Fantasy. Mythology. Religion. Classics. Nonfiction. Anthropology. Poetry

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Popol Vuh, the Quiché Mayan book of creation, isn't only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it's also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval sea & ends with the radiant splendor of the Mayan lords who founded the Quiché kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands. Originally written in Mayan hieroglyphs, it was transcribed into the Roman alphabet in the 16th century. This new edition of Dennis Tedlock's unabridged, widely praised translation includes new notes & commentary, newly translated passages, newly deciphered hieroglyphs & over 40 new illustrations.

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Original Title:	Poopol Wuuj ISBN13 9780684818450
Edition Language:	Mayan languages
Literary Awards:	PEN Translation Prize for Poetry for Dennis Tedlock (1986)

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Ratings: 3.76 From 4324 Users | 284 Reviews

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I realised, looking at this book today, that I'd finished it and not made a record of my having done so, therefore I don't know on what day I finished it, and will simply record it as today's date.The edition I read (in case this review shows up under different editions), is that of Lewis Spence, published by The Book Tree. A warning for those looking for a definitive edition of the text: this isn't it, being not a translation, as such, but more a summary of the text with background cultural and

This was a joy to read. I have very little knowledge or history of this part of the world, much less the Mayans, but it was absolutely fascinating. The translation is welcoming, and the parallels to other myths and archetypes gave me chills. There are connections to philosophy that surprised and tickled me. My favorite lines might be:However many nationslive in the world today,however many countless people,they all had but one dawn.

Can you really rate something like the Popol Vuh?

3 stars for the confusing names, large amounts of characters, as well as lacking a chronological or concise storyline at times. But 5 stars for the historical and cultural importance of this text, as well as rarity (and knowing backstory of how the Popol Vuh barely survived the Spanish takeover) thus making it a gem.Average: 4 stars.

A very interesting cosmogony. There are some common points with Christianity, such as a virgin who gets pregnant by Spirits, and the fact that men were created from mud (yet, in the maya myth, this was just the first attempt from the gods to create mankind, which ended, by the way, as a failed attempt. Their final creation was made from corn). A must in cosmogony.

Good luck with the quiz :) I'm actually quite a fan of all kinds of mythologies and legends. Might check this one later.

I guess most ancient mythologies are crazypants, and this one seems even more so because the culture is so unfamiliar. So things happen like: a guy gets killed and they bury his skull, and a calabash tree grows up from the skull but one of the calabashes is actually this guy's head, and a lady comes by and this head spits into her hand and she gets pregnant with twins. It's pretty amazing. The creation of humans in this book begins with a few failed attempts, which wind up being monkeys and