[Aztlan] Popul Vuh.. Opinions regarding the introduction wanted

[Sven Röhrig]

Hello,

I ve realized that there are quite a view translations of the Popul  
Vuh that differ slightly..


Within the english translations to be fond on the web i ve seen  
allready quite some differences... No big ones... details... god  
names.. trying to having corrected grama..
But the german translation i found is allready so deformed that some  
things start to change the meaning a bit.

When is see this i wonder how acurat a translation from maya into  
latin might have been when its allready deforming from english to  
german.

How authentic is the popul vuh?
And how well are certain words translated? For example they tell about  
the 2 boys..or the 400 boys..
Just changing the word boy to something else ..for example village or  
tribe.. just hypothetical..would give certain passages a different  
meaning.

Or when certain gods of the underworld are described.. is a god the  
same as a ruler?

I wonder how far the popul vuh is based on hystorical facts and how  
much is religeous content..
When they mention a black rain it sounds more like a real life report  
than something visionary...
After big vulcanic eruptions or a big meteor impact the rain is black  
for example...



I wonder especially about this introduction part.


> as is said in the words of Quiche. They accounted for everything,  
> and did it, too as enlightened beings, in enlightened words.
> We shall write about this now amide the preaching of God, in  
> Christendom now. We shall bring it out because
> there is no longer a place to see it, a Council Book
> a place to see "The Light That Came From Across the Sea"
> the account of "Our Place in the Shadows,"
> a place to see :"The Dawn of Life."
> There is the original book and ancient writing,
> but he who reads and ponders it
> hides his face.
> It take a long performance and account to complete the emergence of  
> all the sky-earth"
>                          the fourfold siding, fourfold cornering,
>                                 measuring, fourfold staking,
>                            halving the cord,stretching the cord
>                                    inthe sky, on the earth,
>                               the four sides, the four corners,
> as it is said,
>                                   by the Maker, Modeler,
>                            mother-father of life, of humankind
>                               giver of breath, giver of heart,
>                           bearer, upbringer in the light that lasts
>                      of those born in the light, begotten in the  
> light;
>                    worrier, knower of everything, whatever there is:
>                                      sky-earth, lake-sea.
> Here is the Account:


What does the author wants to tell us with this?
And who is the author? The legend says some mayas traslated it into  
latin.. Is that a true information?


>> It take a long performance and account to complete the emergence of  
>> all the sky-earth"
>>                          the fourfold siding, fourfold cornering,
>>                                 measuring, fourfold staking,
>>                            halving the cord,stretching the cord
>


Is this reffering to a technic how the glyphs have to been read ? Or  
is it a kind description of "carefully bending the content" for  
political reasons?
Or how would you interpretate such words?

I found this introduction to the actual text very interesting, as well  
as the whole report.


Has anybody of you opinions regarding that item?
And maybe a literatur tip that discusses the item on a well founded  
base?

thanks in advance again,

Sven Röhrig