Title: Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated from the Original Maya Text
Author: Allen J. Christenson & Anonymous
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Year: 1701 (Popol Vuh)/2007
Country: Guatemala
327 pages
An engrossing religious and historical document, well-contextualized and commented upon by Christenson. Lots of linguistic and explanatory notes, as well as anthropological material. I confess to skimming the lists at the end, but I got the gist.
People are almost Soylent Green, in that they were created from maize.
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