(4) Divine beings are born, two of whom unite and give birth to islands, seas, rivers, herbs, and trees, and the celestial bodies.
[1] Original Sanscrit Texts, London, 1868, vol. v, p. 356.
[2] See Budge, The Gods of Egypt (1904).
[3] See King, Seven Tablets of Creation(1902); and Babylonian Religion and Mythology (1899).
[4] Gomara, Conquista de Mejico, chap. ccxv (Madrid, 1749).
[5] Mendieta, Hist. Eccl. Ind., lib. i, chap. 2 (Mexico, 1870).
[6] See my The Popol Vuh, pp. 9-26 (London, 1908).
[7] W. H. Brett, Indian Tribes of Guiana, p. 378 et seq.(1865).
[8] This question has been dealt with at greater length elsewhere (see [p. 158]).