@article{334155,
      recid = {334155},
      author = {Montejo, Víctor, and Unger, David, and Garay, Luis.},
      title = {Popol vuh : a sacred book of the Maya /},
      publisher = {Artes De Mexico,},
      address = {México, D.F. :},
      pages = {85 p. :},
      year = {2005},
      note = {Translation of: Popul vuj : libro sagrado de los mayas.},
      abstract = {The "Popol Vuh", the sacred book of the Quiché Indians is  considered the literary gem of the indigenous people of  Guatemala, and though most of the Mayan codices were burned  during the Spanish conquest, many stories of the "Popol  Vuh" were passed along orally and therefore survived.  This  sacred book of the Maya was eventually written in 1558 down  by a native who learned to write the Mayan tongue using  Latin characters.  This manuscript was later discovered in  1701 by Father Francisco Ximénez in his parish church of  Santo Tomás, in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, and he  translated it into Spanish.  The "Popol Vuh"  describes the  creation of the Maya universe, tells the tale of the heroic  supernatural twins who battle the underworld lords,  describes the creation of man from corn and the fate of his  descendants who populated the world, and finally lists the  line of Quiché kings up to the arrival of the Spanish  conquistadors.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/334155},
}