The Popol Vuh is the sacred narrative of the K'iche' Maya, and this University of Oklahoma Press edition is Allen J. Christenson's scholarly translation, built with extensive commentary drawing on colonial era K'iche' sources alongside living K'iche' linguistic and cultural knowledge. Its strength is that dual grounding, Christenson works from the earliest surviving manuscript tradition while also consulting contemporary K'iche' speakers and scholars, producing a translation regarded as the current academic standard. Its limit is that it is a translation and study of the Popol Vuh specifically, so a claim it is used to support about a different Mesoamerican text, such as the Madrid Codex, needs a source focused on that separate manuscript rather than being read across from this one, a distinction the source record itself flags.
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Allen Christenson's University of Oklahoma Press translation and study of the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya sacred narrative, drawing on colonial and contemporary K'iche' sources; a critical academic edition, not itself a source for a separate text such as the Madrid Codex. NotesAllen Christenson's standard scholarly translation and study of the Popol Vuh, the K'iche' Maya sacred narrative, with extensive commentary drawing on colonial and contemporary K'iche' sources. Use for the content of the Popol Vuh's narrative, including named prayers and invocations, as this scholarly edition presents it; a critical academic translation, not itself a source for a separate text such as the Madrid Codex, which needs a source specific to that manuscript.
Citation
AuthorAllen J. Christenson
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year2007
Source TypeCritical translation with scholarly introduction
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Maya, Figures This source names Maya directly: "is the sacred narrative of the K'iche' Maya, and this University of Oklahoma Press edition is Allen J."
Claims Backed By This Source (111 claims)
This source backs 111 claims across the atlas. As facts: 67 well-attested. As cited relationships: 28 holds. Plus 16 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Figures, 30 claims: 20 well-attested, 8 holds, 2 general references.
- Deities, 28 claims: 14 well-attested, 11 holds, 3 general references.
- Prayers, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 3 general references.
- Articles, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cities, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Doctrines, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Artifacts & Relics, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Languages, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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