Pages that link to Sipakna

The first magic war begins with the family of Wuqub Kak'ix, which according to Nahum Megged and Rafael Girard, represents the “horizonte primitivo” (Los héroes gemelos 59).  They bespeak ignorance through and through.  That is why, in the words of Girard, “El gigante [Vucub-Caquix] ignoraba la manera de curarse y por esto gritaba de dolor, ofreciendo, un cuadro patético en el que se quiso destacar la ignorancia de los primitivos en el campo de la medicina, en contraste con los conocimiento de una época mas avanzada” (El Popol-Vuh, fuente histórica 79). 

In the series of the first, second, and third magic war, the third and ultimate magic war is the clearest manifestation of the power of the word.  Junajpu and Xbalanke/Ixbalanqué use their intelligence to communicate with the natural world, achieve a common end, bring about the punishment of transgressors, and maintain the equilibrium of life -- the ultimate goal of Mesoamer

Los autores k'iche' del Popol Wuj explican que Sipakna crea seis montañas: "chicac, hun ahpu, pe cul, ya xcanul, macamob" y "huliznab," o, en la ortografía moderna del idioma, "Chi q'aq', Junajpu, Pek ul ya', Xkanul, Makamob'" y "Julisnab'" (Colop 1999: 41).