ISBN:
9780806139579
,
0806139579
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 359 S.
,
Ill., Kt
,
26 cm
Series Statement:
[Civilization of the American Indian series 257]
Series Statement:
The civilization of the American Indian series
DDC:
299.7/8423
Keywords:
Popol vuh
;
Maya mythology
;
Maya cosmology
;
Creation Mythology
;
Popol vuh
;
Guatemala
;
Geografie
;
Maya
;
Kosmogonie
Note:
Series statement from publisher's website
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-349) and index
,
Overview -- Corn -- Agricultural events and ceremonies -- World view -- Water, wind, and divination -- The thunderbolt triad -- The paternal grandfather -- The sons of the creator grandparents -- The marriage of one Ixim/one Hunahpu and Ixik/Lady Bone Water -- The paternal grandmother and her daughters-in-law -- The twins -- The maternal grandfather and his virgin daughters -- Sacred landscape -- The landscape of the night sky -- The core myth -- Summary and conclusions.
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