TAILIEUCHUNG - New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 10

Mười hai vị thần trên đỉnh Olympus là các vị thần quen thuộc nhất với tôn giáo Hy Lạp và nghệ thuật Hy Lạp và được miêu tả trong các sử thi có hình dáng của con người trong "Thời đại của các anh hùng". | of the water to the great joy of Gucumatz who congratulated Hurakan. Here we note the superiority of the latter over Gucumatz. The earth was covered with vegetation and the creators peopled it with animals with the command to do them homage. But as the animals could not speak they roared howled or whistled but could not make themselves understood. To punish them the gods decided they should be killed and eaten. They then made clay men who were unable to move their heads or speak or understand. They decided to make wooden men but they lacked intelligence and feelings and had no knowledge of their creators. The gods destroyed them. But some survived and made little wooden monkeys. After consulting together Hurakan and Gucumatz decided to make four men of yellow and white maize. But as they were too perfect the gods shortened their sight. During their sleep they created four women. And these were the ancestors of the Quiche tribe. However they complained that they could not see clearly for the sun had not yet appeared so they went off to Tullan where they learned about their gods. It was very cold there and they received fire from Tohil Hurakan . But the sun did not appear and the earth remained damp and cold. Speech was divided and the ancestors no longer understood each other. They then left Tullan guided by Tohil and came to the Quiche country. There at last the sun appeared followed by the moon and the stars. In their delight animals and men sang a hymn and offered the gods blood from their ears and shoulders. Later they thought it better to shed the blood of victims. Honduras. In Honduras where sun and moon also were worshipped there is a rather strange legend of the White Woman A white woman of matchless beauty came down from heaven to the town of Cealcoquin. There she built a palace ornamented with strange figures of men and animals and placed a stone in the chief temple with mysterious figures on three of its sides. It was a talisman which she used to conquer

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