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Quotation from The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account) by Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence
“These young men were busied at Xibalba with paying fitting funeral honours to their father and uncle, who now mounted to heaven and became the sun and moon, whilst the four hundred youths slain by Zipacna became the stars.”
The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The Second Book, trans. Lewis Spence
The close of the Second Book in Spence's summary, after the defeat of the lords of the underworld.
Citation: "These young men were busied at Xibalba with paying fitting funeral honours to their father and uncle, who now mounted to heaven and became the sun and moon, whilst the four hundred youths slain by Zipacna became the stars." — Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence, The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The Second Book, trans. Lewis Spence. (id popol-vuh-q6)
Portrait: First page of the Popol Vuh in Francisco Ximénez's manuscript, Francisco Ximénez, Public domain.
