{"product_id":"popol-vuh-the-definitive-edition-of-the-mayan-book-of-the-dawn-of-life-and-the-glories-of-gods-and-kings-0671617710","title":"Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0671617710\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dennis Tedlock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh,\u003c\/i\u003e the Quiché Mayan book of creation, is one of the most extraordinary documents of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval sea and ends with the radiant splendor of the Mayan lords who founded the Quiché kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands. Originally written in Mayan hieroglyphs, it was transcribed into the Roman alphabet in the sixteenth century. This is the first unabridged English edition of the work, in Dennis Tedlock's widely praised translation, with a full introduction and commentaries on the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDennis Tedlock, professor of anthropology and religion at Boston University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eFinding the Centre: Narrative Poetry of the Zuni Indians\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTeachings from the American Earth: Indian Religion and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the great books about the creation of the world. It is the Mayan Bible...[a] magnificent effort in rendering in contemporary English a book that speaks to the ages on the original identity between history and poetry\u003c\/b\u003e - Carlos Fuentes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Tedlock's splendid version...[is] the work of a brilliant anthropologist who is also a true 'poet-of-performance,' himself trained by a native Quiché master...Superb notes and glossary...An event of quite exceptional importance.\u003c\/b\u003e - William Arrowsmith, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere have been many translations of the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e; this is not only the best and most authoritative, it is also the most readable.\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael D. Coe, Professor of Anthropology, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTedlock's translation is sensitive, precise, and illuminating. It will greatly help the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e achieve its rightful place as a masterpiece of religious writing, familiar to all those who seek a message that transcends ordinary concerns.\u003c\/b\u003e - Vine Deloria, Jr., author, \u003ci\u003eCuster Died for Your Sins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe volume is required reading for everyone seriously interested in native American literature or in Meso-American cultural history. Its publication is a major event.\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e all meanings are multiple...Tedlock pays special attention to the cadences of living speech underlying its ceremonial utterances...Tedlock's is a clear-eyed, eloquent work.\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880987590944,"sku":"NEW0671617710","price":23.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71x8WzEf7pL.jpg?v=1781814143","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/popol-vuh-the-definitive-edition-of-the-mayan-book-of-the-dawn-of-life-and-the-glories-of-gods-and-kings-0671617710","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}