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Vinony's link graph records 308 inbound references to Popol Vuh, and connects out to Maya mythology, Dominican Order and Mayan.
Vinony files it under 16th-century books, Creation myths and Guatemalan folklore.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Narrative location
- Quiché' Kingdom of Q'umarkaj
- Image
- Popol vuh.jpg
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- Commons category
- Popol Vuh
- native label
- Poopol Wuuj
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
The oldest surviving written account of Popol Vuh (ms c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, O.P.)
Popol Vuh (also Popul Vuh or Pop Vuj) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Popol Vuh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.