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Quotation from The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account) by Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence
“Over a universe wrapped in the gloom of a dense and primeval night passed the god Hurakan, the mighty wind. He called out "earth," and the solid land appeared.”
The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The First Book, trans. Lewis Spence
Spence's paraphrase of the opening of the creation account, made from Brasseur's French and Ximénez's Spanish.
Citation: "Over a universe wrapped in the gloom of a dense and primeval night passed the god Hurakan, the mighty wind. He called out "earth," and the solid land appeared." — Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence, The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The First Book, trans. Lewis Spence. (id popol-vuh-q3)
Portrait: First page of the Popol Vuh in Francisco Ximénez's manuscript, Francisco Ximénez, Public domain.
