Ancient & Medieval Literature

Popol Vuh Author: Anonymous Collection: School Library. (Book Summary) Age: +12 years. Genre: World Literature. Format: Softcover Pages: 95 Measurements: 21 cm x 14 cm. Weight: 127 g. Code: 9786071415530. Book Summary - With Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Questions - with Exercises and Educational Activities. - For children 12 years and older. When there was nothing, darkness reigned everywhere, and silence spread, the gods created the world, the valleys, the rivers, the animals, the clay beings, and the first wooden men, who would become monkeys. This is the beginning of history, when the gods were in conflict, when real men had not yet been created. It is also the story of the origin of the first four true men and the first four women, of their civilization and expansion on Earth, of the ancient Mayan lineage. It is the story of the brave twins Hu Hunapu and Xbalanqué, who defeat the gods of Xibalba and the emergence of the first humans. A story that will explain how the greatest cultures of the Americas conceived the world and the universe.