the Popol Vuh
The Quiche Civilization
At the end of the eighteenth century, the book Popol-Vuh was found by fray Francisco Ximenez in the high lands of Guatemala. The book was written in Quiche Maya, but in the Roman alphabet. Just as mysteriously as the book appeared, it disappeared but was available enough to be copied. The book is dated back to the sixteenth century, but the story goes far beyond this time. This Bible has not being decoded in its totality. There are still questions about who are the creators of our creators.
The information in the book Popol-Vuh reveals that the Guatemalan tribes lived a long time ago in regions of lagoons, but probably because they did not have enough space for their activities and necessary independence, left this land and peregrinated toward the territories of the interior Guatemala. They followed the course of great rivers that have their origin in the mountains of Guatemala. This way they arrived at high plateaus and mountains from the interior and they settle down and started to take advantage of the resources this land offered to them. During their long trip, and in their new establishment in the new land, they suffered great loses as it is described in their sacred book of Popol-Vuh. This loses went on until they discovered the corn and began to practice agriculture. The result of agriculture was favorable through the years, and was extremely favorable for the development of the population and the culture of different groups of the Quiche civilization.
The story of Popol-Vuh begins long before its writers existed. It tells of three other creations before the present one. Each previous world was destroyed because of the faults in their characters. In the last creation of men, the gods created the flesh, blood, and bones from red and yellow corn. The red corn was used for the blood of the humans and the yellow corn for the formation of the flesh and bones. Corn became the most important food product of the Quiche
At the end of the eighteenth century, the book Popol-Vuh was found by fray Francisco Ximenez in the high lands of Guatemala. The book was written in Quiche Maya, but in the Roman alphabet. Just as mysteriously as the book appeared, it disappeared but was available enough to be copied. The book is dated back to the sixteenth century, but the story goes far beyond this time. This Bible has not being decoded in its totality. There are still questions about who are the creators of our creators.
The information in the book Popol-Vuh reveals that the Guatemalan tribes lived a long time ago in regions of lagoons, but probably because they did not have enough space for their activities and necessary independence, left this land and peregrinated toward the territories of the interior Guatemala. They followed the course of great rivers that have their origin in the mountains of Guatemala. This way they arrived at high plateaus and mountains from the interior and they settle down and started to take advantage of the resources this land offered to them. During their long trip, and in their new establishment in the new land, they suffered great loses as it is described in their sacred book of Popol-Vuh. This loses went on until they discovered the corn and began to practice agriculture. The result of agriculture was favorable through the years, and was extremely favorable for the development of the population and the culture of different groups of the Quiche civilization.
The story of Popol-Vuh begins long before its writers existed. It tells of three other creations before the present one. Each previous world was destroyed because of the faults in their characters. In the last creation of men, the gods created the flesh, blood, and bones from red and yellow corn. The red corn was used for the blood of the humans and the yellow corn for the formation of the flesh and bones. Corn became the most important food product of the Quiche