Hunahpu and Xbalanque

Tomorrow is the last day of the long cycle of the calendar of the Maya. I read the Popol Vuh with my freshmen for many years, right after we read the Hebrew Bible. The creation story translated by Father Ximenez and Dennis Tedlock is one of the most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever contemplated. It is right up there with Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Ellison's Invisible Man, and Joyce's "The Dead." Enough said.