Twins were a recurring theme in Mayan mythology, and featured frequently in the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the indigenous K’iche people. They were seen to embody qualities of duality amongst ...

His wide-ranging discussion includes important texts of world literature such as the K'iche Maya Popol Vuh and the Aztec Florentine Codex, as well as precolonial glyphic texts and imagery. This ...