This is the account of how all was in suspense, all calm,
in silence; all motionless, all pulsating, and empty was the expanse of the sky.
This is the first account, the first narrative. There was neither man, nor animal, birds, fishes, crabs, trees, stones, caves, ravines, grasses, nor forests; there was only the sky.
The surface of the earth had not appeared.
There was only the calm sea and the great expanse of the sky.

- opening of the Popol Vuh -
Maya Quiché