Popol Vuh the Quiché Mayan book of creation is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval sea and ends with the radiant splendor of the Mayan lords who founded the Quiché kingdom in the Guatemalan highlands. Originally written in Mayan hieroglyphs it was transcribed into the Roman alphabet in the sixteenth century. This new edition of Dennis Tedlock s unabridged widely praised translation includes new notes and commentary newly translated passages newly deciphered hieroglyphs and over forty new illustrations.