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Popol Vuh

Dennis Tedlock (translation)

translation · Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996

Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life.

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Maya tradition

Death is associated with Xibalba.
The Popol Vuh sends the Hero Twins into Xibalba, a court of the dead with trials. It is a Kʼicheʼ below, not Duat.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Underworld is connected to Xibalba.
Xibalba is one underworld. Connecting the two names is a comparative convenience; they should remain two places.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Xibalba belongs to Maya tradition.
Xibalba is named in the Kʼicheʼ Popol Vuh. It is not a Mexica geography and not a Greek Hades.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Xibalba is associated with Trickster.
The Hero Twins outwit the lords of Xibalba. Their cunning is a Kʼicheʼ narrative role, not Eshu and not Hermes.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Maya tradition is associated with Death.
The Popol Vuh’s Xibalba is a Kʼicheʼ court of the dead. The tradition’s death-geography is that court, not Hades.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Descent is associated with Xibalba.
The Hero Twins go down to Xibalba. That descent is a Kʼicheʼ court of trials.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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Maize appears in Maya tradition.
In Tedlock’s Popol Vuh, yellow corn and white corn from Split Place become the flesh of the first humans. Maize is attested in that Kʼicheʼ origin narrative. This is the highland council book, not Sahagún’s Nahua maize, not Classic Maya jade-as-maize, and not a handbook for every Maya city.
from Dennis Tedlock (translation) · Popol Vuh, Kʼicheʼ text written down c. 1550s; Tedlock trans. 1985/1996
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