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The Quiché are a Maya people of the central-western highlands of Guatemala. They are milpa (hand-tilled maize, beans and squash) agriculturalists who also raise some cash crops and are renowned for their weaving. They self-identify by community, in which status is gained through service in ascending civil and religious offices, most prominently elected mayors and annually-rotating heads of religious societies. The pre-Conquest mythology and history of the Quiché Maya are uniquely preserved in the Popol Vuh manuscript, and some pre-Christian elements persist in their religious beliefs and practices.

Chichicastenango

Quiche food

A Quiché altar

The hot-cold wet-dry syndrome among the Quiche of Joyabaj

The road from el Palmar

Nagual, witch, and sorcerer in a Quiché village

The departure of the Dueño

Folk tales in Chichicastenango

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Bunzel, Ruth Leah	Chichicastenango	1952
Henne, Marilyn G.	Quiche food	1977
Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland)	A Quiché altar	1926
Neuenswander, Helen L.	The hot-cold wet-dry syndrome among the Quiche of Joyabaj	1977
Rodas N., Flavio	Chichicastenango	1940
Saler, Benson	The road from el Palmar	2018
Saler, Benson	Nagual, witch, and sorcerer in a Quiché village	1964
Saler, Benson	The departure of the Dueño	1965
Tax, Sol	Folk tales in Chichicastenango	1949

Quiché Maya

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