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This document presents fragments of the Popol Vuh, a sacred Quiché Maya text. It narrates the origins of the world according to the Maya cosmogony, when only the sky and the sea existed. The creator gods, called Builders and Formers, decide to create the earth and living beings. They first create plants and mountain animals, then birds and deer to which they assign habitats. Then they unsuccessfully try to create humans from clay and wood who cannot survive. Finally, they decide that the...

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