Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Creation and downfall of humanity

creation_and_downfall_of_humanity

A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


nahua maya inca

  • The Myths of Mexico & Peru BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX AND GLOSSARY / NOTE ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE MEXICAN, MAYAN, AND PERUVIAN LANGUAGES / INDEX AND GLOSSARY; lines 12097-12292 confidence: medium

    Popol Vuh is described as Maya-Kiche mythology and history; the first book includes creation, downfall of man, Vukub-Cakix, Zipacna, Cabrakan, and a note that the creation story may fuse several myths.

    The Popol Vuh first-book index lists creation and the downfall of man; the third-book index lists creation of man and woman.

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