First page of the Popol Vuh manuscript, Saved at Newberry Library, Chicago, Yesterday Collection
Text · K'iche' Maya · Ica

Popol Vuh

Maya gods made people of mud and then of wood before they got it right with maize.

Written in Latin script c.1554-58 from older (incl. hieroglyphic) traditions

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