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 ====== K’iche’ (Quiche) Mayan ====== ====== K’iche’ (Quiche) Mayan ======
  
-- The creation myth/account +  * The creation myth/account 
-- The repitition: “the Resplendent Plumed Serpent” “Modeler, Maker…” +  * The repetition: “Resplendent Plumed Serpent” “Maker, Modeler, Bearer” throughout the poem had a ritualistic feel like in a prayer. Could be referring to gods or ancestors or spirits. 
-- “The original book” as the oral tradition +  * “The original book” as oral tradition - sung or voiced out to the reader/interpreters 
-- Think about it as a cord in a fabric knitted or stitched together. An active imaginative process with voice and text. “inscribe”, “reader”, performed as well. But not as a stage drama (that too) but in an experiential way. +  * Think about it as a cord in a fabric knitted or stitched together. An active imaginative process with voice and text. “inscribe”, “reader”, performed as well. But not as a stage drama (that too) but in an experiential way. 
-- THIS IS THE ACCOUNT: it exists even when unnoticed, “ripples” “murmers” like whispers in the wind until stillness +  * THIS IS THE ACCOUNT: it exists even when unnoticed, “ripples” “murmurs” like whispers in the wind until stillness 
-- Commentary: “existed as a picture writing” – Homer “poems were intended to be read aloud, often with musical accompaniment.” +  * Commentary: “existed as a picture writing” – Homer “poems were intended to be read aloud, often with musical accompaniment.” > google search. 
-- How to read/experience (13) from “There is the Original Book / and ancient writing…” and become a participant as well +  * How to read/experience (13) from “There is the Original Book / and ancient writing…” and become a participant as well 
-- The colorful feathered serpent and the Heart of Sky must work together to come out of darkness +  * The colorful feathered serpent and the Heart of Sky must work together to come out of darkness?  
-- Genders for the spirits/gods/sage?+  * Genders for the spirits/gods/sage? 
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 +{{tag>Mayan Guatemala Quiche Poem History Creation_Myth Translation}}
  

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