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Quotation from The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account) by Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence
“The Creator and Former made four perfect men. These beings were wholly created from yellow and white maize.”
The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The Third Book, trans. Lewis Spence
Spence summarizes the making of the first true people, the ancestors of the K'iche' lineages.
Citation: "The Creator and Former made four perfect men. These beings were wholly created from yellow and white maize." — Anonymous (K'iche' Maya); Lewis Spence, The Popol Vuh (Lewis Spence's account), The Third Book, trans. Lewis Spence. (id popol-vuh-q7)
Portrait: First page of the Popol Vuh in Francisco Ximénez's manuscript, Francisco Ximénez, Public domain.
