Popol Vuh is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, as well as areas of Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
The oldest surviving written account of Popol Vuh (ms c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, O.P.)
Tonsured Maize God and Spotted Hero Twin
Image: Empiezan las historias(titlepage)
Image: Empiezan las historias(preamble)
Kʼicheʼ are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples. The eponymous Kʼicheʼ language is a Mesoamerican language in the Mayan language family. The highland Kʼicheʼ states in the pre-Columbian era are associated with the ancient Maya civilization, and reached the peak of their power and influence during the Mayan Postclassic period.
Market day in the Kʼicheʼ town of Chichicastenango
A statue of Tecun Uman in the central plaza of Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala