The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central America
K'iche' Maya Creation Myths, Heroic Twins, Xibalba, and Royal GenealogiesBy Lewis Spence
Length1h 28m
About this audiobook
Lewis Spence's *The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central America* presents the foundational sacred narrative of the K'iche' Maya: a cosmogony of successive creations, the fashioning of humanity from maize, and the celebrated adventures of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, in the underworld of Xibalba. Combining mythic grandeur, genealogical memory, and heroic ordeal, the work moves between ritual solemnity and vivid narrative action. It belongs to the early modern tradition of transmitting Indigenous American texts through European-language scholarship, while preserving the *Popol Vuh*'s central concerns with reciprocity, sacrifice, ancestry, and the obligations binding gods, rulers, and communities.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 25, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Red of the Redfields (Annotated)
2PREFACE
3The First Book
4The Myth of Vukub-Cakix
5The Second Book
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6The Third Book
7The Fourth Book
8Kiché and Mexican Mythology
9The Vukub-Cakix Myth
10Book II. commented upon
11The Harrying of Xibalba
12Book III. commented upon
13Early Spanish Authors and the “Popol Vuh”
14Evidence of Metrical Composition
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