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.
- ISBN10 0684818450
- ISBN13 9780684818450
- Publish Date 7 February 1996 (first published 1 May 1985)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 384
- Language English