I really enjoyed reading Adrian Recino’s version of the Popol Vuh and Victor Montejo’s El Q'anil this past week. I found the manner in which each of the stories presented the creation ‘myth’ of the Mayan peoples (Quiche Maya and Jakaltek Maya) to be very interesting. Indigenous values and worldviews are deeply embedded into both the Popol Vuh and El Q’anil. However, in El Q’anil , Montejo establishes direct ties between his people (Jakaltek Maya) and Xalja’ (their land base). These kinds of connections are not established within Adrian Recino’s version of the Popol Vuh. What might be a plausible explanation for this? Perhaps Recinos lacked the motivation to make these connections since he is an allied writer and not an indigenous one. On the other hand, since Montejo is a Jakaltek Maya; he has the knowledge and motivation to establish these ties.
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