ii

Gukumatz sat in the heart of heaven, wondering; whether the viper would be and it was; whether the bird would be and it was; and whether jaguar would be and he was.

And this of course was in the days of Hurakan, Xpiyacoc and Xmucan, who worked the nomadic Zapotec as messengers though of roots these men remained unrevealing,

as living roots often remain;