Popol Vuj
Published on 4. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-88899-362-5 (ISBN)
Description
Un libro sagrado del pueblo maya k'iche' sobrevivió a la destrucción de los escritos de la cultura maya por religiosos españoles. El Popol Vuj fue transcrito en el alfabeto latino en 1558 y traducido al español en 1701. La narración traza las tradiciones y los orígenes mitológicos del pueblo k'iche' además de contar su historia, su cronología y la sucesión de generaciones de reyes y señores hasta la conquista. Contado para niños por el eminente antropólogo maya, Víctor Montejo.
More details
Edition
Spanish-Language edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88899-362-5 (9780888993625)
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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.