ISBN:
9780806139579
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 359 S.
,
Ill.
DDC:
299.78423
Keywords:
Popol vuh
;
Maya mythology
;
Maya cosmology
;
Creation Mythology
;
Guatemala
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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