Popol Vuh makes reference to shields (pokob') among the Maya.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Popol Vuh Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- DirectTranslation
- Reference
Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition of the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings (trans. Dennis Tedlock; New York: Touchstone, 1985), 181
- Scribe/Publisher
- Touchstone
- People
- Popol Vuh
- Audience
- Reading Public
PDF- Transcription
And then they tested themselves. They excelled in the Shield Dance, there at Bearded Place. They did it as a sign of their sovereignty. It was a sign of their fiery splendor and a sign of their greatness.
- BHR Staff Commentary
On ibid., 318, we read:
Shield Dance: this is simply called pokob’, “shield”; it is identified as “an ancient dance” by DB.
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