Description
| Product ID: | 9780888999214 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Popol Vuh |
| Authors: | Author: Victor Montejo, David Unger, Luis Garay |
| Page Count: | 88 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, People & places (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Mayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind. The Mayans have long fascinated modern readers with their complex written language, sophisticated mathematics, and advanced astronomy. In Guatemala in 1558, a young Mayan K’iche’ man transcribed what he called a sacred book that “we can no longer see.” This was the Popul Vuh, the Mayans'' written account of the creation of the universe, the gods and demi-gods who occupied that universe, and the story of how man was created by them. Furthermore, it traced, generation by generation, the lineage of the Mayan lords down to their imprisonment and torture by the Spanish invaders. Considered the Mayan bible, the Popol Vuh appears here in an authoritative, gorgeously illustrated version by noted Maya anthropologist Victor Montejo, who has captured all the drama and excitement of one of the world’s great creation stories. |
| Imprint Name: | Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada |
| Publisher Name: | Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-06-09 |
