Popol Vuh 1:3---------S2614-------------------5 doors of peak---------labors of Heraklees

5. caverns

 

1a. green lion

1st lion of Nemea in cavern

4. hot stones on heads

   

2nd hot brands for cauterizing

   

1b. red tiger

6th leopard-like

   

2a. buffalo-head

7th bull of Krete

 

8. horse-faced

2b. horse-face

8th mares of Diomedes

 

7. ox-headed

 

10th cattle of Geruoneus;

3. birds of the barnyard

6. copper-beaked birds

   
 

5. arrow-feathered goblins

 

arrow-shooting;

2. grinding-stones

4. from mid-air: metal thorns etc.

 

stones rain from heaven

 

3. copper hounds

3a. iron hound

11th Kerberos the hell-hound

 

2. iron snakes

3b. bronze serpent

12th Ladon the dragon;

1. sticks

1. sword-trees

(p. 79) tree

apple-trees of the Hesperides

       

BP, pp. 14-15

T'TT, pp. 124-5

Md'O, p. 78

Diodoros 4:11

BP = http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/maya/pvgm/pv11.htm

The Book of the People:

POPOL VUH

by Delia Goetz and Sylvanus Griswold Morley

from Adrián Recino's translation

from Quiché into Spanish

1954

T'TT = Victor H. Mair: T'ang Transformation Texts. Harvard U. Pr, 1989.

Md'O = MEMOIRES DE L'INSTITUT DES HAUTES ETUDES CHINOISES, Vol. 1. Hou Ching-Lang: Monnaies d'Offrande.

labors of Heraklees = http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/HERACLESLABOURS.html