The Popol Vuh is undoubtedly the most important of the Mayan texts that are preserved. It is distinguished not only by its extraordinary historical and mythological content, but by its literary qualities, which allow it to be placed at the level of great epic works such as the Hindu Ramayana or the Greek Iliad and Odyssey. Like these, the Popol Vuh is not a simple historical record, it is a universal statement about the nature of the world and the role of human beings in it.
