Popol Vuh
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All Characters Hunahpu Xbalanque One Hunahpu Seven Hunahpu Xmucane One Death Seven Death One Monkey and One Artisan Seven Macaw Zipacna Earthquake Blood Moon Sovereign Plumed Serpent The Owl Messengers Jaguar Quitze Jaguar Night Not Right Now Dark Jaguar The Tribes Blood Gatherer The Four Hundred Boys Xpiyacoc The rat Tohil Lust Woman and Wailing Woman
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All Symbols Corn
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Popol Vuh

by

Dennis Tedlock
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Prior to the creation of humans, the gods established corn as a symbol of the cyclical nature of life, but in human form, it truly comes to represent life itself. Unlike the gods, who used…

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