Popol vuh : las antiguas historias del Quiché /
"Popol Vuh is a 1947 partial Spanish translation of the Popol Vuh creation myth by Adrián Recinos. The first edition of Popol Vuh by Adrián Recinos is an important Spanish work for Mayan studies. Recinos' translation of the Mayan "Book of the People" paved the way for scholars, s...
| Uniform Title: | Popol vuh. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Text in Spanish. |
| Published: |
México :
Fondo de Cultura Económica,
1960.
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| Edition: | Cuarta edición. |
| Series: | Colección popular (Fondo de Cultura Económica (Mexico)) ;
11. |
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| Summary: | "Popol Vuh is a 1947 partial Spanish translation of the Popol Vuh creation myth by Adrián Recinos. The first edition of Popol Vuh by Adrián Recinos is an important Spanish work for Mayan studies. Recinos' translation of the Mayan "Book of the People" paved the way for scholars, such as Delia Goetz and Sylvanus G. Morley, to publish English translations in 1950 and 1954. Recinos was also the editor for the subsequent English translations. This translation is based on Father Francisco Ximénez's manuscript from ca. 1700-1703."--OMNIKA Library, viewed April 10, 2026. Annotated translation into Spanish of a sixteenth century manuscript writen in quichi, a Mayan language, just after the conquest, and later copied, and thus preserved, by a Dominican friar, Father Francisco Ximénez. This "commonal book" records a centuries old and rich oral tradition of myths and legends of the peoples of the Mayan jungle. It tells about the origin of the world, its things and animals, and about the final successful creation of man from corn, through the adventures of Hunapz and Ixbalanqui, the boy-gods. |
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| Item Description: | "Primera edición, 1947. Cuarta edición (Colección popular), 1960. Décima reimpresión, 1975."--Title page verso of 1975 printing. The 1947 edition is larger than the 1960 edition (296 pages versus 185 pages, respectively). |
| Physical Description: | 185 pages ; 17 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-181). |
| ISBN: | 8484050556 9788484050551 |