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CONTENTS

 

Page

INTRODUCTION

 

    1. The Chronicles of the Indians

ix

    2. The Manuscript of Chichicastenango

xvi

    3. The Author of the Popol Vuh

xix

    4. The Writings of Father Ximénez

xxi

    5. The Translations of the Popol Vuh

xxxi

A PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY

xli

THE BOOK OF THE PEOPLE: POPOL VUH

 

    Preamble

1

    Part I

3

    Part II

37

    Part III

104

    Part IV

138

APPENDIX

 

    [a] A Note by Sylvanus Griswold Morley

185

    [b] A Note by Adrián Recinos

186

    [c] Paper Concerning the Origin of the Lords

190

NOTES to the Preamble

195

    Notes to Part I

199

    Notes to Part II

207

    Notes to Part III

225

    Notes to Part IV

236

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