Popple Voo: A Quechua Creation: Poetic Interpretation of Creation Stories from Central America

Traditional indigenous cultures in many parts of the world have displayed a profound appreciation of the relationship between human and ecosystem health, something global culture is trying to rediscover under the label of sustainability. Since the beginning of time, human beings have told the story of their own beginning, and of the origins of the four directions, the heavens, the God-People, the earth, and all its creatures. The Mayan creation story is a wild and wooly epic showing the repeated errors of the gods in attempting to perfect a human creature. The story is here interpreted as an epic-length poem: They did not remember their Creator, They did not offer praise to their Maker; They forgot the Heart of Heaven And therefore fell from favor again. So this was a trial, an attempt at man. These creatures spoke, but their faces had no expression...

Author: Jabez L. Van Cleef
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/20/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9781442122857

About the Author
Jabez L. Van Cleef takes foundational texts from many oral traditions and religions and creates a common poetic format to preserve, promote and disseminate the values of these cultures. His work also promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other frameworks intended to foster full realization of human potential. See more at www.sustainyourspirit.com.

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