Popol Vuh

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Dark Jaguar Character Analysis

Dark Jaguar is the fourth man that Xmucane and Sovereign Plumed Serpent create out of corn. Though they also make him a wife, Macaw House, the couple only has daughters and therefore do not found a lasting family line. Dark Jaguar is somewhat of an auxiliary figure to the first four men; though he participates in the fight against the unnamed tribes, he doesn't design a trick cloak and is only mentioned as participating in some of the meetings. Similarly, though his family is given the god Middle of the Plain, their god is never mentioned again after being given to the family.

Dark Jaguar Quotes in Popol Vuh

The Popol Vuh quotes below are all either spoken by Dark Jaguar or refer to Dark Jaguar. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Origins, Customs, and the Mayan Culture Theme Icon
).
Part Four Quotes

It was staples alone that made up their flesh.

Related Characters: Xmucane, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Related Symbols: Corn
Page Number: 146
Explanation and Analysis:

"What should we do with them now? Their vision should at least reach nearby, they should see at least a small part of the face of the earth, but what they're saying isn't good. Aren't they merely 'works' and 'designs' in their very names? Yet they'll become as great as gods, unless they procreate, proliferate at the sowing, the dawning, unless they increase."

Related Characters: Xmucane (speaker), Sovereign Plumed Serpent (speaker), Hurricane (speaker), Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 148
Explanation and Analysis:

They were blinded as the face of a mirror is breathed upon. Their vision flickered. Now it was only from close up that they could see what was there with any clarity.

And such was the loss of the means of understanding, along with the means of knowing everything, by the four humans.

Related Characters: Xmucane, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar, Hurricane
Page Number: 148
Explanation and Analysis:

There were countless peoples, but there was just one dawn for all tribes.

Related Characters: Hunahpu, Xbalanque, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 161
Explanation and Analysis:

"It's just a coyote crying out," and "Just a fox."

"Just a puma. Just a jaguar."

In the minds of all the tribes, it was as if humans weren't involved. They did it just as a way of decoying the tribes; that was what their hearts desired.

Related Characters: The Tribes (speaker), Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar, Tohil, Auilix, Hacauitz
Page Number: 164
Explanation and Analysis:

These three had sons, but Dark Jaguar had no son. They were all true penitents and sacrificers, and these are the name of their sons, with whom they left instructions.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 174
Explanation and Analysis:
Part Five Quotes

Whether there would be death, or whether there would be famine, or whether quarrels would occur, they knew it for certain, since there was a place to see it, there was a book. Council Book was their name for it.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 192
Explanation and Analysis:

They were great in their own being and observed great fasts. As a way of cherishing their buildings and cherishing their lordship, they fasted for long periods, they did penance before their gods.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 192
Explanation and Analysis:

Three Deer and Nine Dog, in the twelfth generation of lords...They were tortured by the Castilian people.

Black Butterfly and Tepepul were tributary to the Castilian people. They had already been begotten as the thirteenth generation of lords.

Don Juan de Rojas and Don Juan Cortés, in the fourteenth generation of lords. They are the sons of Black Butterfly and Tepepul.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 195
Explanation and Analysis:
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Dark Jaguar Quotes in Popol Vuh

The Popol Vuh quotes below are all either spoken by Dark Jaguar or refer to Dark Jaguar. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Origins, Customs, and the Mayan Culture Theme Icon
).
Part Four Quotes

It was staples alone that made up their flesh.

Related Characters: Xmucane, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Related Symbols: Corn
Page Number: 146
Explanation and Analysis:

"What should we do with them now? Their vision should at least reach nearby, they should see at least a small part of the face of the earth, but what they're saying isn't good. Aren't they merely 'works' and 'designs' in their very names? Yet they'll become as great as gods, unless they procreate, proliferate at the sowing, the dawning, unless they increase."

Related Characters: Xmucane (speaker), Sovereign Plumed Serpent (speaker), Hurricane (speaker), Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 148
Explanation and Analysis:

They were blinded as the face of a mirror is breathed upon. Their vision flickered. Now it was only from close up that they could see what was there with any clarity.

And such was the loss of the means of understanding, along with the means of knowing everything, by the four humans.

Related Characters: Xmucane, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar, Hurricane
Page Number: 148
Explanation and Analysis:

There were countless peoples, but there was just one dawn for all tribes.

Related Characters: Hunahpu, Xbalanque, Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 161
Explanation and Analysis:

"It's just a coyote crying out," and "Just a fox."

"Just a puma. Just a jaguar."

In the minds of all the tribes, it was as if humans weren't involved. They did it just as a way of decoying the tribes; that was what their hearts desired.

Related Characters: The Tribes (speaker), Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar, Tohil, Auilix, Hacauitz
Page Number: 164
Explanation and Analysis:

These three had sons, but Dark Jaguar had no son. They were all true penitents and sacrificers, and these are the name of their sons, with whom they left instructions.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 174
Explanation and Analysis:
Part Five Quotes

Whether there would be death, or whether there would be famine, or whether quarrels would occur, they knew it for certain, since there was a place to see it, there was a book. Council Book was their name for it.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 192
Explanation and Analysis:

They were great in their own being and observed great fasts. As a way of cherishing their buildings and cherishing their lordship, they fasted for long periods, they did penance before their gods.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 192
Explanation and Analysis:

Three Deer and Nine Dog, in the twelfth generation of lords...They were tortured by the Castilian people.

Black Butterfly and Tepepul were tributary to the Castilian people. They had already been begotten as the thirteenth generation of lords.

Don Juan de Rojas and Don Juan Cortés, in the fourteenth generation of lords. They are the sons of Black Butterfly and Tepepul.

Related Characters: Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Not Right Now, Dark Jaguar
Page Number: 195
Explanation and Analysis: