320A-Popol Vuh: Origin Story

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the beginning, the gods apparently had an undo button.

And angry tortilla griddles that took out the first humans. Today, it's the beginning of the beginning in the Popol Vuh. We'll meet a macaw who thinks he's the son, a metal band lineup of underworld beings, and see the birth of the hero twins, who are destined to go up against the batman*

*not that batman

The creature is the Snallygaster, the answer to the age-old question of what happens when a Cthulhu bird gets drunk?

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An excellent translation of the Popol Vuh: https://myths.link/popolvuh

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, we're starting the long-awaited Pupo Vol,
0:04.5	the epic origin story from my mythology.
0:07.1	We'll see that if the sun is up in the sky screaming at you,
0:10.4	well, it looks like you need to go fight the sun.
0:13.6	And then, if at first you don't succeed in creating humans, try, try again.
0:19.1	And again, and again, and maybe enlist tortilla grittles to help you clean up your mess.
0:25.2	The creature this week is a flying evil bird, Catulu, who apparently
0:30.1	can't hold its liquor.
0:36.8	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 320A, origin story.
0:46.1	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:49.5	Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:53.8	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth the listen.
0:57.6	Today, we're getting into the much-anticipated Pupo Vol,
1:00.8	the text of the Myths and History of the Kiche People,
1:03.5	one of the Maya peoples whose civilization comprised parts of modern-day Mexico,
1:07.6	Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1:10.3	The account was preserved in oral tradition up until the early 18th century,
1:14.3	when it was put down to paper by the Dominican friar Francisco Shimanas.
1:18.2	Sadly, after the Spanish conquest of the Maya in the 16th and 17th centuries,
1:22.8	many accounts of Mesoamerican myths and history were straight up destroyed by colonists
1:27.2	and missionaries.
1:28.3	So, the Pupo Vol is special, not just because it's really interesting and fun,
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