Description: Written by an anonymous author in the mid 16th century in ancient Quiché using Latin characters, it was discovered in the early 18th century by a Dominican friar, Francisco Ximénez, when he was head of the convent of Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

The cleric, an expert in Indian languages, made a copy of the original and translated it into Spanish.

The Popol Vuh is one of the most valuable testimonies of pre-Hispanic Maya thought.

It is divided into four parts, which tell about the origin of the world and the creation of man, the adventures of the demigods in Xibalbá, the region of the dead, and finally provides information on the origin of the indigenous peoples of the region, their migrations, wars and conquests in addition to giving a chronology of their rulers.

Available in Spanish and English.