What were the first men created of in popol vuh?

Answer 1

In the Popol Vuh (sacred bock of the Mayas, a Mexican Pre Hispanic culture), the three gods that created the world (Tepeu, Gucumatz and Hurakan) wanted to create a creature that would live in that perfect world and that at the same time would prais and dignify their gods.

They first created the animals, but they couldn't speak or think, they were not able of praising the gods.

Then they created the man after three attempts:

1st man was created with mud: It was a failed attempt because their bodies were unstable, they disintegrated.

2nd man was created with wood: they were unable of praising their creators, that is why the gods send an inundation to eliminate them from the world; but some of them escaped from the calamity and became what we today know as "monkeys".

3rd man was created with corn: they had intelligence and were able of praying to their gods, but because of them being so perfect; their creators saw them as a threat. That is why they send them the worst calamities (aging, hate, fear, etc) to tempt them and make them unperfected, human.

Answer 2

The first men to be created and formed were called the Sorcerer of Fatal Laughter, the

Sorcerer of Night, Unkempt, and the Black Sorcerer . . . They were endowed with

vast intelligence and they succeeded in knowing all that there is in the world. When they looked, instantly they saw all that is around them, and they contemplated in turn the arc of heaven and the round face of the earth . . . Then the Creator said: 'They know all . . . what shall we do with them now? Let their sight reach only to that which is near; let them see only a little of the face of the earth! . . . Are they not by nature simple creatures of our making? Must they also be gods?'

- The Popol Vuh of the Quiché Maya