[Aztlan] Date of the Corn People?

Blaze Tzitzimime ocelotonatiuh at msn.com
Thu Nov 13 17:29:23 CST 2008


In their book “Popol Vuh, The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya,” basedon the translation by Adrián Recinos, Delia Goetz and Sylvanus G. Morleydrew numerous correlations between places and people of Central Mexico andthose mentioned in the Popol Vuh.
From:  aztlan-bounces at lists.famsi.org on behalf of Justin Kerr (mayavase at verizon.net) 
Sent: Thu 11/13/08 2:38 PMTo:  'John F. Schwaller' (schwallr at potsdam.edu); Aztlan at lists.famsi.orgCc:  'Robert Sitler' (rsitler at stetson.edu)Then, may I ask, why do so many images from the Early Classic and LateClassic periods exist that refer to themes that are found in the Popol Vuh.If these stories were imported from Central Mexico, then the Mexicans musthave imported them first from areas where the stories of the Popol Vuh werealive and well. I doubt that people from Central Mexico carved the stela ofIzapa or painted the vases of Naranjo or Calakmul.Justin Kerr


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