Popol Vuh
Will be published approx. on 9. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-0-88899-921-4 (ISBN)
Description
Mayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 years
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 202 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88899-921-4 (9780888999214)
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Persons
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.