Abstract
This work intends to analyze intertextual relations between the novel Balún Canán (1957), by Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos, and Popol Vuh and Chilám Balám, sacred books of Mayan Civilization, using as theoretical support studies by French theoretician Geràrd Genette (1982) on hypertextuality/intertextuality. This dialogue occurs due the presence of linguistic and cultural elements wi…