Popol Vuh. The Sacred Book of the Mayas. English edition - Hardcover

Victor Montejo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9706831053 ISBN 13: 9789706831057

Publisher: Artes de Mexico, 2005

Synopsis

El documento esencial de la historia y cosmogonia mayas es ofrecido a jovenes en una version del antropologo guatemalteco Victor Montejo. Los diversos episodios mitologicos que dieron origen al pueblo kiche fueron ilustrados por el nicaragüense Luis Garay. ENGLISH TRANSLATION The fundamental book on Mayan cosmology and history, in a version written for young readers by Guatemalan anthropologist Victor Mon­tejo. The Kiche myths of origin are illustrated by Nicaraguan artist Luis Garay.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Montejo is a distinguished Zapotec Maya / Guatemalan anthropologist, author and professor in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of California at Davis who, after a very long period in exile, returned for a time to Guatemala to work for indigenous rights. He has also written White Flower: A Maya Princess / Blanca Flor: una princesa Maya for Groundwood. He lives in Davis, California.

From Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-Wrathful and kindhearted gods, giants, mortals, jaguars, and colorful birds are some of the characters and creatures that inhabit this creation story and genealogy recorded in the K'iche' (or Quich?) language in 1558 and discovered in 1701 by a Spanish priest. Children will enjoy this accessible retelling of a story that has largely been unavailable in English. Vivid characterizations, tales of revenge and forbidden fruit, tests of wit and strength, and explanations of why deer have short tails and monkeys live in trees are all here. Full- and double-page paintings rich in color and detail illustrate the volume. A beautifully designed book to be savored on its own or as a source for cultural or comparative studies.
Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Artes de Mexico
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9706831053
• ISBN 13: 9789706831057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88
• Illustrator: Luis Garay