Popol Vuh

textual humanities text corpus core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

K'iche' Maya textual tradition, textual and oral tradition

Canon Rationale

A central K'iche' Maya narrative corpus, included for creation narrative, hero twins, migration history, Indigenous American textual tradition, and colonial-era preservation context.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 51.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Popol Vuh'.
field survey: World History Encyclopedia, 'Popol Vuh,' by Joshua J. Mark.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, community context required

Sensitivity Flags

living tradition, colonial transcription

Completion unit: read a complete translation, keeping K’iche’ context, colonial transcription, and living-tradition caveats visible.