Translated from the Quiché.

"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-373) and index.

Introduction --- Part One. This is the beginning of the Ancient Word ; This is the account -- Now they planned the animals of the mountains ; And then the deer and birds were told ; Again there comes an experiment with the human work ; Then comes the naming of those who are the midmost seers ; Again there comes a humiliation ; This was when there was just a trace of early dawn -- Part Two. Here is the beginning of the defeat and destruction of the day of Seven Macaw ; And here is the shooting of Seven Macaw by the two boys ; And here are the deeds of Zipacna ; Now this is the defeat and death of Zipacna ; And the third to magnify himself is the second son of Seven Macaw, named Earthquake -- Part Three. And now we shall name the name of the father of Hunahpu and Xbalanque ; And these are the lords over everything ; And now for the messengers of One and Seven Death ; After that One and Seven Hunahpu left ; And One and Seven Hunahpu went inside Dark House ; And here is the account of a maiden ; And after the maiden was noticed by her father ; And when Blood Moon came to the mother of One Monkey and One Artisan ; And this is their birth; we shall tell of it here ; And then they sang, they played, they drummed ; And now they began to act out their self-revelation ; So now there was fire in their hearts ; Happy now, they went to play ball at the court ; They went down to Xibalba ; First they entered Dark House ; And after that, the boys next entered Razor House ; And now they entered Cold House ; So next they entered Jaguar House ; So next they entered the midst of the fire ; Now they were put inside Bat House ; And here it is : the epitaph, the death of Hunahpu and Xbalanque ; This is the making of the oven ; And on the fifth day they reappeared ; And they came to the lords ; And this is the sacrifice of little Hunahpu by Xbalanque ; And then they named their names ; And this is their grandmother, crying and calling out in front of the ears of green corn ; And here their father is put back together by them --- Part Four. And here is the beginning of the conception of humans ; These are the names of the first people who were made and modeled ; And then their wives and women came into being ; And this is our root, we who are the Quiché people ; And this is the name of the mountain where they went ; They walked in crowds when they arrived at Tulan, and there was no fire ; When they came away from Tulan Zuyua ; And then they came away, just camping on the road ; And then Tohil, along with Auilix and Hacauitz, spoke to them ; And here is the dawning and showing of the sun, moon, and stars ; And there began their song named "Camacu" ; And here they burn their copal ; And then comes the killing of the tribes ; First the tribes tried to plan the defeat of Tohil, Auilix, and Hacauitz ; And they sent the two of them, named Lust Woman and Wailing Woman ; And here is the joining together of all the tribes ; And then Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar had a plan ; And these are the ones who were there : Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar ; Now this is where we shall tell about the death of Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, and Dark Jaguar --- Part Five. And then they remembered what had been said about the east ; And then they came before the lord named Nacxit ; And then they came to a place where they founded a citadel named Thorny Place ; And Bearded Place is the name of the mountain of their citadel ; And then they got up and came to the citadel of Rotten Cane ; And here are the titles of the lords who led the Cauecs ; And now these are the lords who led the Greathouses ; And now these are the Lord Quichés ; And there were also two lineages of Zaquic lords ; Then splendor and majesty grew among the Quiché ; And here are the names of the sixth generation of lords ; And after that came the sentries ; And now we shall name the names of the houses of the gods ; And this is the cry of their hearts ; And here are the generations, the sequences of lordships ; And here shall appear the faces, one by one, of each of the Quiché lords ; And here are those of the Greathouses ; And now these are for the Lord Quichés ; And there are three Masters of Ceremonies in all ; This is enough about the being of Quiché -- Notes and comments. Orthography ; Abbreviations ; mayan poetics ; The Mayan calendar.

Translated from the Quiché.