23.5 x 15.5cms 388pp b/w illusts very good+ paperback & cover The Popol Vuh is the Quiche Mayan book of creation beginning with the deeds of the Mayan Gods & ends with the 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 16th century. This revised edition includes new notes & commentary newly translated passages newly deciphered hieroglyphs & over 40 new illustrations.

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Title: Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of Gods And Kings (Revised Edition)
Publisher: Touchstone New York 1996 (Revised edition; first p
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0684818450
ISBN 13: 9780684818450
Binding: Soft cover

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Popol Vuh, the Quich� 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 Quich� 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.

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Dennis Tedlock is McNulty Professor of English and Research Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the coeditor of American Anthropologist and the author of several books.

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