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Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of The Mayan Book of The Dawn of Life and The Glories of Gods and Kings
List Price: $16.99 Our Price: $11.43 Ships FREE from Amazon.com on orders over $25 (details)  Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Paperback 253 third-party copies available from: $3.68 
Other items of interest: • The Maya (Eighth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) • An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya • Gassire's Lute: A West African Epic • Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer • The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)  Product Description: Popol Vuh, the Quiché 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 Quiché 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. Product Details/Specifications: Creators: Dennis Tedlock (Translator) Recording label: Touchstone Publishers: Touchstone Manufacturer: Touchstone EAN: 9780684818450 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0684818450 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 384 Publication date: 1996-01-31 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) |
