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Popol Vuh: Origin story of the Maya
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Popol Vuh: Origin Story of the Maya
Tova Larson
October 18 2018
Introduction
The History of the Myth
This myth comes from the beginning of a long book called the Popol Vuh. Popol Vuh translated into English means "council book". The culture that created the Popol Vuh is the Maya.
History of the Myth
The Mayan civilization lived in Guatemala and in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico from 250 to 900 CE.
Where and When
The End
The Serpents tried unsuccessfully to make humans, so they needed help. They called upon the wise ones, Grandfather Xpiyacoc and Grandmother Xmucane. The Grandparents advised them to make humans out of wood, but even the wood people couldn't remember the makers. Then there was a flood and the wood people were destroyed. The monkeys in the forest today are a sign of the wood people, they look like wood carvings.
The End
The Maize People
The first true humans were finally created by Grandmother Xmucane out of maize (corn) flour and water. Their names were Jaguar Quitte, Jaguar Night, Mahucatah and True Jaguar.
The Maize People
The Middle
Heart of sky and Plumed Serpent separated the mountains from the water and created the sky. The Serpents then created the animals on the earth. They told the animals to pray to them, but all the animals did not talk, instead they devoured each other.
The Middle
The Beginning
In the beginning, there was nothing. The makers of the sky,Heart of Sky, and of the sea, Plumed Serpent, planned the beginning of life.
The Beginning
What the Culture Values
Summary
1. This culture values worship because they kept trying to develop humans in a way that they would remember their creators and worship them.
2. They also value animals because they are needed to survive and they were the first moving living thing created.
3. Finally they value maize. They value because it is their main food source, and they believe that the first true humans were made out of it.