Popol Vuh

<B>CONTENTS</B><br/><br/><I>Illustrations<br/><br/>Preface<br/><br/>Introduction</I><br/><br/><B>Part One</B><br/><br/>This is the beginning of the Ancient Word<br/><br/>This is the account<br/><br/>Now they planned the animals of the mountains<br/><br/>And then the deer and birds were told<br/><br/>Again there comes an experiment with the human work<br/><br/>Then comes the naming of those who are the midmost seers<br/><br/>Again there comes a humiliation<br/><br/>This was when there was just a trace of early dawn<br/><br/><B>Part Two</B><br/><br/>Here is the beginning of the defeat and destruction of the day of Seven Macaw<br/><br/>And here is the shooting of Seven Macaw by the two boys<br/><br/>And here are the deeds of Zipacna<br/><br/>Now this is the defeat and death of Zipacna<br/><br/>And the third to magnify himself is the second son of Seven Macaw, named Earthquake<br/><br/><B>Part Three</B><br/><br/>And now we shall name the name of the father of Hunahpu and Xbalanque<br/><br/>And these are the lords over everything<br/><br/>And now for the messengers of One and Seven Death<br/><br/>After that One and Seven Hunahpu left<br/><br/>And One and Seven Hunahpu went inside Dark House<br/><br/>And here is the account of a maiden<br/><br/>And after the maiden was noticed by her father<br/><br/>And when Blood Moon came to the mother of One Monkey and One Artisan<br/><br/>And this is their birth; we shall tell of it here<br/><br/>And then they sang, they played, they drummed<br/><br/>And now they began to act out their self-revelation<br/><br/>So now there was fire in their hearts<br/><br/>Happy now, they went to play ball at the court<br/><br/>They went down to Xibalba<br/><br/>First they entered Dark House<br/><br/>And after that, the boys next entered Razor House<br/><br/>And now they entered Cold House<br/><br/>So next they entered Jaguar House<br/><br/>So next they entered the midst of the fire<br/><br/>Now they were put inside Bat House<br/><br/>And here it is: the epitaph, the death of Hunahpu and Xbalanque<br/><br/>This is the making of the oven<br/><br/>And on the fifth day they reappeared<br/><br/>And they came to the lords<br/><br/>And this is the sacrifice of little Hunahpu by Xbalanque<br/><br/>And then they named their names<br/><br/>And this is their grandmother, crying and calling out in front of the ears of green corn<br/><br/>And here their father is put back together by them<br/><br/><B>Part Four</B><br/><br/>And here is the beginning of the conception of humans<br/><br/>These are the names of the first people who were made and modeled<br/><br/>And then their wives and women came into being<br/><br/>And this is our root, we who are the Quich&#233; people<br/><br/>And this is the name of the mountain where they went<br/><br/>They walked in crowds when they arrived at Tulan, and there was no fire<br/><br/>When they came away from Tulan Zuyua<br/><br/>And then they came away, just camping on the road<br/><br/>And then Tohil, along with Auilix and Hacauitz, spoke to them<br/><br/>And here is the dawning and showing of the sun, moon, and stars<br/><br/>parAnd there began their song named "Camacu"<br/><br/>And here they burn their copal<br/><br/>And then comes the killing of the tribes<br/><br/>First the tribes tried to plan the defeat of Tohil, Auilix, and Hacauitz<br/><br/>And they sent the two of them, named Lust Woman and Wailing Woman<br/><br/>And here is the joining together of all the tribes<br/><br/>And then Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar had a plan<br/><br/>And these are the ones who were there: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar<br/><br/>Now this is where we shall tell about the death of Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar<br/><br/><B>Part Five</B><br/><br/>And then they remembered what had been said about the east<br/><br/>And then they came before the lord named Nacxit<br/><br/>And then they came to a place where they founded a citadel named Thorny Place<br/><br/>And Bearded Place is the name of the mountain of their citadel<br/><br/>And then they got up and came to the citadel of Rotten Cane<br/><br/>And here are the titles of the lords who led the Cauecs<br/><br/>And now these are the lords who led the Greathouses<br/><br/>And now these are the Lord Quich&#233;s<br/><br/>And there were also two lineages of Zaquic lords<br/><br/>Then splendor and majesty grew among the Quich&#233;<br/><br/>And here are the names of the sixth generation of lords<br/><br/>After that came the sentries<br/><br/>And now we shall name the names of the houses of the gods<br/><br/>And this is the cry of their hearts<br/><br/>And here are the generations, the sequences of lordships<br/><br/>And here shall appear the faces, one by one, of each of the Quich&#233; lords<br/><br/>And here are those of the Greathouses<br/><br/>And now these are for the Lord Quich&#233;s<br/><br/>And there are three Masters of Ceremonies in all<br/><br/>This is enough about the being of Quich&#233;<br/><br/><I>Notes and Comments</I><br/><br/>Orthography<br/><br/>Abbreviations<br/><br/>Mayan Poetics<br/><br/>The Mayan Calendar<br/><br/>Notes and Comments<br/><br/>Glossary<br/><br/>Bibliography<br/><br/>Index