fbpx
Gleebooks Bookshop
Free Call

Popol Vuh

$7.00

Popol Vuh

SKU: 9780486836645 Category: Product ID: 116993

Description

Temporarily out of stock

Title: Popol Vuh
Author: SPENCE LEWIS
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/02/2020
Imprint: DOVER PUBLISHERS
Price: $7.00
Publishing status: Active

Transcribed from the original Mayan hieroglyphs, the Popol Vuh relates the mythology and history of the Kiche people of the Guatemalan Highlands of Central America. As is often the case with ancient texts, the Popol Vuh's significance lies in the scarcity of early accounts of Mesoamerican cultures, largely due to the purging of documents by the Spanish conquistadors. Today there remains no document of greater importance to the study of pre-Columbian mythology. This text of the Popol Vuh - which is translated variously as “Book of the Community,” “Book of Counsel,” or, more literally, “Book of the People” - begins as pure mythology and gradually develops into pure history, progressing from heroic legends to the deeds of authentic historical figures. It tells of the gods who created mankind, as well as a great flood and other stories with intriguing parallels to the myths of different cultures. This edition features the classic translation by the distinguished folklorist Lewis Spence.

ISBN: 9780486836645
Dimension: 203mm X 127mm

Additional information

Dimensions 203 × 127 mm