Wannan rubutun shine littafin gargajiya na Indiyawan da ke zaune a yankin Quiché na Guatemala, wanda asalin sa, kamar na mazaunan yankin Yucatan, tabbas Mayan ne.
Baya ga asalin Mayan na asali, alamun tseren Toltec wanda, ya fito daga arewacin Mexico, ya mamaye yankin Yucatan a ƙarƙashin ikon Quetzalcóatl zuwa karni na 11 na zamaninmu ya.
Bayanai a cikin takaddun sun nuna cewa kabilun Guatemala sun daɗe a yankin Laguna de Terminos kuma cewa, mai yiwuwa ba su sami isasshen wurin zama da 'yancin kai da ya dace da ayyukansu ba, suka yi watsi da shi suka gudanar da aikin hajji kwata-kwata. daga ciki, bin tafarkin manyan koguna waɗanda suka samo asali daga tsaunukan Guatemala: Usumacinta da Grijalva. Ta wannan hanyar suka isa tsaunuka da tsaunuka na ciki inda suka kafa suka kuma bazu, suna amfani da dukiyar ƙasar da wuraren da take basu don kariya daga abokan gaba.
A lokacin doguwar tafiyarsu, kuma a farkon zamanin da suka zauna a sabbin ƙasashe, ƙabilun sun sha wahala mai yawa da aka bayyana a cikin takaddun, har sai da suka gano masara kuma suka fara aikin noma. Sakamakon, a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, ya kasance mai matukar dacewa don ci gaban yawan jama'a da al'adun ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, daga cikinsu al'ummar Quiché ta yi fice.
Idan samar da ilimi ya nuna babban matsayin al'adar mutane, kasancewar wani littafi mai girman gaske da cancantar adabi kamar Popol Vu ya isa a baiwa Quichés na Guatemala wurin girmamawa a tsakanin duk yan asalin kasashen Sabon Duniya. .
A cikin Popol Vuh ana iya rarrabe sassa uku. Na farko shi ne bayanin yadda aka halicci mutum da asalinsa, wanda bayan gwaje-gwajen da ba a yi nasara ba aka yi shi daga masara, hatsin da ya zama tushen abincin mutanen ƙasar Mexico da Amurka ta Tsakiya.
A bangare na biyu abubuwan da suka faru na matasa masu bautar gumaka Hunahpú da Ixbalanqué da iyayensu sun haɗu da wasu ƙwararrun masanan a cikin masarautarsu ta Xibalbay suna da alaƙa; kuma a lokutan abubuwa da dama masu kayatarwa, ana samun darasi kan halaye na gari, hukuncin miyagu da wulakancin masu girman kai. Abubuwan da ke da ƙwarewa suna ƙawata wasan kwaikwayo na almara wanda a fagen kirkirar abubuwa da nuna fasaha wanda, a cewar da yawa, bashi da abokin hamayya a Amurka ta farko-Columbian.
Kashi na uku ba ya gabatar da roƙo na na biyu, amma yana ƙunshe da labaran labarai masu alaƙa da asalin asalin 'yan asalin Guatemala, ƙaurarsu, rarrabuwarsu a cikin yankin, yaƙe-yaƙe da fifikon tseren Quiché har zuwa ɗan lokaci kaɗan mamayar Spain.
Wannan bangare kuma ya bayyana jerin sarakunan da suka mallaki yankin, yakokin da suka yi da lalata kananan garuruwa wadanda ba su mika wuya ga mulkin Quiche ba. Don nazarin tsohuwar tarihin waɗancan masarautun 'yan asalin, bayanai daga wannan ɓangaren na Popol Vuh, waɗanda aka tabbatar da wasu takaddun masu tamani, taken Sarakunan Totonicapán da sauran tarihin lokaci guda, suna da ƙima mara ƙima.
Lokacin da, a cikin 1524, Mutanen Spain, karkashin jagorancin Pedro de Alvarado, suka mamaye mamaye ta hanyar umarnin Cortés yankin da ke kusa da kudancin Mexico, suka tarar da wani adadi mai yawa a cikin sa, ma'abocin wayewa irin ta makwabtanta na arewa. Quichés da Cakchiqueles sun mamaye tsakiyar ƙasar; zuwa yamma Mam Indiyawan da ke zaune har yanzu a sassan Huehuetenango da San Marcos; a gefen kudu na Tafkin Atitlán akwai mummunan zafin Zutujiles; kuma, zuwa arewa da gabas, sauran mutane na kabilu da yare daban daban sun yadu. Dukansu, duk da haka, zuriyar Mayan ne waɗanda, a tsakiyar Nahiyar, suka haɓaka wayewa a ƙarni na farko na zamanin Kiristanci.
