![]() ![]() “You, the deer: sleep along the rivers, in canyons. As soon as they thought it and said it, deer and birds came forth.Īnd then they gave out homes to the deer and birds: “Indeed-they had better have guardians,” the others replied. “Why this pointless humming? Why should there merely be rustling beneath the trees and bushes?” Now they planned the animals of the mountains, all the guardians of the forests, creatures of the mountains: the deer, the birds, pumas, jaguars, serpents, rattlesnakes, fer-de-lances, guardians of the bushes. Such was their plan when they thought, when they worried about the completion of their work. The sky was set apart, and the earth was set apart in the midst of the waters. Such was the formation of the earth when it was brought forth by the Heart of the Sky, Heart of Earth, as they are called, since they were the first to think of it. The waters were divided when the great mountains appeared. The channels of water were separated their branches wound their way among the mountains. Our work, our design will turn out well,” they said.Īnd the earth was formed first, the mountain-plane. “It was good that you came, Heart of the Sky, Hurricane, and New Born Thunderbolt, Sudden Thunderbolt. By their genius alone, by their cutting edge alone they carried out the conception of the mountain-plain, whose face grew instant groves of cypress and pine.Īnd the Plumed Serpent was pleased with this: Then the mountains were separated from the water, all at once the great mountains came forth. For the forming of the earth they said “Earth.” It arose suddenly, just like a cloud, like a mist, now forming, unfolding. But there will be no high days and no bright praise for our work, our design, until the rise of the human work, the human design,” they said.Īnd then the earth arose because of them, it was simply their word that brought it forth. “Let it be this way, think about it: this water should be removed, emptied out for the formation of the earth’s own plate and platform, then should come the sowing, the dawning of the sky-earth. “How should the sowing be, and the dawning? Who is to be the provider, nurturer?” So there were three of them, as Heart of the Sky, who came to the Sovereign Plumed Serpent, when the dawn of life was conceived: Thunderbolt Hurricane comes first, the second is Newborn Thunderbolt, and the third is Sudden Thunderbolt. Then it was clear, then they reached accord in the light, and then humanity was clear, when they conceived the growth, the generation of trees, of bushes, and the growth of life, of humankind, in the blackness, in the early dawn, all because of the Heart of the Sky, named Hurricane. They agreed with each other, they joined their words, their thoughts. He spoke with the Sovereign Plumed Serpent, and they talked, then they thought, then they worried. ![]() This is the name of the god, as it is spoken.Īnd then came his word, he came here to the Sovereign Plumed Serpent, here in the blackness, in the early dawn. Thus the name, “Plumed Serpent.” They are great knowers, great thinkers in their very being.Īnd of course there is the sky, and there is also the Heart of Sky. They are there, they are enclosed in quetzal feathers, in blue-green. Only the Maker, Modeler alone, Sovereign Plumed Serpent, the Bearers, Begetters are in the water, a glittering light. Whatever might be is simply not there: only murmurs, ripples, in the dark, in the night. Only the sea alone is pooled under all the sky there is nothing whatever gathered together. Only the sky alone is there the face of the earth is not clear. There is not yet one person, one animal, bird, fish, crab, tree, rock, hollow, canyon, meadow, forest. Here follow the first words, the first eloquence: Now it still ripples, now it still murmurs, ripples, it still sighs, still hums, and it is empty under the sky. ![]() The four sides, the four corners, as it is said,īearer, upbringer in the light, begotten in It takes a long performance and account to complete the lighting of all the sky-earth: There is the original book and ancient writing, but the one who reads and assesses it has a hidden identity. The account of “Our Place in the Shadows.Īs it is called. We shall bring it out because there is no longer We shall write about this now amid the preaching of God, in Christendom now. They accounted for everything-and did it, too-as enlightened beings, in enlightened words. Plate shaper, bowl shaper, as they are called,Īs is said in the words of Quiché. Bird deity being shot by twins with blowguns, redrawn from an Early Classic Mayan Plate.Īnd here we shall take up the demonstration, revelation, and account of how things were put in shadow and brought to light by ![]()
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