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AND HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONCEPTION 0F

HUMANS, and of the search for the ingredients of the

human body. So they spoke, the Bearer, Begetter, the Makers,

Modelers named Sovereign Plumed Serpent:

"The dawn has approached, preparations have been made,

and morning has come for the provider, nurturer, born in the

light, begotten in the light. Morning has come for humankind

for the people of the face of the earth," they said. It all came together

as they went on thinking in the darkness, in the night, as

they searched and they sifted, they thought and they wondered.

And here their thoughts came out in clear light. They sought

and discovered what was needed for human flesh. It was only a

short while before the sun, moon, and stars were to appear

above the Makers and Modelers. Broken Place, Bitter Water

Place is the name: the yellow corn, white com came from there.

And these are the names of the animals who brought the food:

fox, coyote, parrot, crow. There were four animals who brought

the news of the ears of yellow corn and white corn. They were

coming from over there at Broken Place, they showed the way to

the break.

And this was when they found the staple foods.

And these were the ingredients for the flesh of the human

work, the human design, and the water was for the blood. It

became human blood, and corn was also used by the Bearer,

Begetter.

And so they were happy over the provisions of the good

mountain, filled with sweet things, thick with yellow corn, white

corn, and thick with pataxte and cacao, countless zapotes,

anonas, jocotes, nances, matasanos, sweets--the rich foods filling

up the citadel named Broken Place, Bitter Water Place. All the

edible fruits were there: small staples, great staples, small plants,

great plants. The way was shown by the animals.

and then the yellow corn and white corn were ground, and

Xmucane did the grinding nine times. Corn was used, along with

the water she rinsed her hands with, for the creation of grease; it

became human fat when it was worked by the Bearer, Begetter,

Sovereign Plumed Serpent, as they are called.

After that, they put it into words:

the making, the modeling of our first mother-father,

with yellow corn, white corn alone for the flesh,

food alone for the human legs and arms,

for our first fathers, the four human works.

It was staples alone that made up their flesh.

THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO WERE MADE AND MODELED.

This is the first person: Jaguar Quitze.

And now the second: Jaguar Night.

And now the third: Mahucutah.

And the fourth: True Jaguar.

And these are the names of our first mother-fathers. They

were simply made and modeled, it is said; they had no mother

and no father. We have named the men by themselves. No

woman gave birth to them, nor were they begotten by the

builder, sculptor, Bearer, Begetter. By sacrifice alone, by genius

alone they were made, they were modeled by the Maker, Mod-

eler, Bearer, Begetter, Sovereign Plumed Serpent. And when

they came to fruition, they came out human:

They talked and they made words.

They looked and they listened.

They walked, they worked.

They were good people, handsome, with looks of the male

kind. Thoughts came into existence and they gazed; their vision

came all at once. Perfectly they saw, perfectly they knew every-

thing under the sky, whenever they looked. The moment they

turned around and looked around in the sky, on the earth,

everything was seen without any obstruction. They didn't have

to walk around before they could see what was under the sky;

they just stayed where they were.

As they looked, their knowledge became intense. Their sight

passed through trees, through rocks, through lakes, through seas,

through mountains, through plains. Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night,

Mahucutah, and True Jaguar were truly gifted people.

And then they were asked by the builder and mason:

"What do you know about your being? Don't you look, don't

you listen? Isn't your speech good, and your walk? So you must

look, to see out under the sky. Don't you see the mountain-plain

clearly? So try it," they were told.

And then they saw everything under the sky perfectly. After

that, they thanked the Maker, Modeler:

"Truly now,

double thanks, triple thanks

that we've been formed, we've been given

our mouths, our faces,

we speak, we listen,

we wonder, we move,

our knowledge is good, we've understood

what is far and near,

and we've seen what is great and small

under the sky, on the earth.

Thanks to you we've been formed,

we've come to be made and modeled,

our grandmother, our grandfather,"

They said when they gave thanks for having been made and mod-

eled. They understood everything perfectly, they sighted the

four sides, the four corners in the sky, on the earth, and this

didn't sound good to the builder and sculptor:

"What our works and designs have said is no good:

'We have understood everything, great and small,' they say."

And so the Bearer, Begetter took back their knowledge:

"What should we do with them now? Their vision should at

least reach nearby, they should see at least a small part of the

face of the earth, but what they're saying isn't good. Aren't they

merely 'works' and 'designs' in their very names? Yet they'll be-

come as great as gods, unless they procreate, proliferate at the

sowing, the dawning, unless they increase."

"Let it be this way: now we'll take them apart just a little,

that's what we need. What we've found out isn't good, Their

deeds would become equal to ours, just because their knowledge

reaches so far. They see everything," so said

the Heart of Sky, Hurricane,

Newborn Thunderbolt, Raw Thunderbolt,

Sovereign Plumed Serpent,

Bearer, Begetter,

Xpiyacoc, Xmucane,

Maker, Modeler,

as they are called. And when they changed the nature of their

works, their designs, it was enough that the eyes be marred by

the Heart of Sky. They werf; blinded as the face of a mirror is

breathed upon. Their eyes were weakened. Now it was only

when they looked nearby that things were clear.

And such was the loss of the means of understanding, along

with the means of knowing everything, by the four humans. The

root was implanted.

And such was the making, modeling of our first grandfather,

our father, by the Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth.

AND THEN THEIR WIVES AND WOMEN CAME INTO BEING.

Again, the same gods thought of it. It was as if they were

asleep when they received them, truly beautiful women were

there with Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Mahucutah, and True

Jaguar. With their women there they became wider awake.

Right away they were happy at heart again, because of their

wives.

Celebrated Seahouse is the name of the wife of Jaguar Quitze.

Prawn House is the name of the wife of Jaguar Night.

Hummingbird House is the name of the wife of Mahucutah.

Macaw House is the name of the wife of True Jaguar.

So these are the names of their wives, who became ladies of

rank, giving birth to the people of the tribes, small and great.

AND THIS IS OUR ROOT, WE WHO ARE THE QUICHE PEOPLE.

And there came to be a crowd of penitents and sacri-

ficers. It wasn't only four who came into being then, but there

Were four mothers for us, the Quiche people. There were differ-

ent names for each qf the peoples when they multiplied, there in

the east. Their names became numerous: Sovereign Oloman,

Cohah, Quenech Ahau, as the names of the people who were

There in the east are spoken. They multiplied, and it is known

That the Tams and Ilocs began them. They came from the same

place, there in the east.

Jaguar Quitze was the grandfather and father of the nine great'

houses of the Cauecs.

Jaguar Night was the grandfather and father of the nine great

houses of the Greathouses.

Mahucutah was the grandfather and father of the four great

houses of the Lord Quiches.

There were three separate lineages. The names of the grand-

fathers and fathers are not forgotten. These multiplied and flow-

ered there in the east, but the Tams and Ilocs also came forth,

along with thirteen allied tribes, thirteen principalities, includ-

ing:

The Rabinals, Cakchiquels, those of the Bird House.

And the White Commeals.

And also the Lamacs, Serpents, Sweatbath House, Talk

House, those of the Star House.

And those of the Quiba House, those of the Yokes House, Acul

people, Jaguar House, Guardians of the Spoils, Jaguar Ropes.

It is sufficient that we speak only of the largest tribes from

among the allied tribes; we have only noted the largest. Many

more came out afterward, each one a division of that citadel.

We haven't written their names, but they multiplied there, from

out of the east. There came to be many peoples in the blackness;

they began to abound even before the birth of the sun and the

light. When they began to abound they were all there together;

they stood and walked in crowds, there in the east.

There was nothing they could offer for sustenance, but even so

they lifted their faces to the sky. They didn't know where they

were going. They did this for a long time, when they were there

in the grasslands: black people, white people, people of many

faces, people of many languages, uncertain, there at the edge of

the sky.

And there were mountain people. They didn't show their

faces, they had no homes. They just traveled the mountains,

small and great. "It's as if they were crazy," they used to say.

They derided the mountain people, it was said. There they

watched for the sunrise, and for all the mountain people there

was just one language. They did not yet pray to wood and stone.

These are the words with which they remembered the Maker,

Modeler, Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth. It was said that these

were enough to keep them mindful of what was in shadow and

what was dawning. All they did was ask; they had reverent

words. They were reverent, they were givers of praise, givers of

respect, lifting their faces to the sky when they made requests

for their daughters and sons:

“Wait!

thou Maker, thou Modeler,

look at us, listen to us,

don't let us fall, don't leave us aside,

thou god in the sky, on the earth,

Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth,

give us our sign, our word,

as long as there is day, as long as there is light.

When it comes to the sowing, the dawning,

will it be a greening road, a greening path?

Give us a steady light, a level place,

a good light, a good place,

a good life and beginning.

Give us all of this, thou Hurricane,

Newborn Thunderbolt, Raw Thunderbolt,

Newborn Nanahuac, Raw Nanahuac,

Falcon, Hunahpu,

Sovereign Plumed Serpent,

Bearer, Begetter,

Xpiyacoc, Xmucane,

Grandmother of Day, Grandmother of Light,

when it comes to the sowing, the dawning,"

they said when they made their fasts and prayers, just watching

intently for the dawn. There, too, they looked toward the east,

watching closely for the daybringer, the great star at the birth of

the sun, of the heat for what is under the sky, on the earth, the

guide for the human work, the human design.

They spoke, those who are Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Ma-

hucutah, and True Jaguar:

"We're still waiting for the dawning," they said, these great

knowers, great thinkers, penitents, praisers, as they are called.

And there was nothing of wood and stone in the keeping of our:

first mother-fathers, and they were weary at heart there, waiting

for the sun. Already there were many of them, all the tribes, in-

cluding the Yaqui people, all penitents and sacrificers.

"Let's just go. We'll look and see whether there is something

to keep as our sign. We'll find out what we should bum in front

of it. The way we are right now, we have nothing to keep as our

own," said Jaguar Quitze, Jaguar Night, Mahucutah, and True

Jaguar. They got word of a citadel. They went there.

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