Popol Vuh 1:3---------S2614-------------------5 doors of peak---------labors of Heraklees
5. caverns |
1a. green lion |
1st lion of Nemea in cavern |
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4. hot stones on heads |
2nd hot brands for cauterizing |
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1b. red tiger |
6th leopard-like |
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2a. buffalo-head |
7th bull of Krete |
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8. horse-faced |
2b. horse-face |
8th mares of Diomedes |
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7. ox-headed |
10th cattle of Geruoneus; |
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3. birds of the barnyard |
6. copper-beaked birds |
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5. arrow-feathered goblins |
arrow-shooting; |
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2. grinding-stones |
4. from mid-air: metal thorns etc. |
stones rain from heaven |
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3. copper hounds |
3a. iron hound |
11th Kerberos the hell-hound |
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2. iron snakes |
3b. bronze serpent |
12th Ladon the dragon; |
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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
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