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Maya creation myths [electronic resource] : words and worlds of the Chilam Balam / Timothy W. Knowlton.

By: Series: Mesoamerican worldsPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 231 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781607320210 (electronic bk.)
  • 1607320215 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Maya creation myths.DDC classification:
  • 299.7/842024 22
LOC classification:
  • F1435.3.R3 K63 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Aspects of ancient Maya intellectual culture -- Clandestine compilations and the colonial dialogue -- Creation and apocalypse : the Katun 11 Ahau myth -- Theogony, cosmology, and language in the ritual of the angels -- The creation of the first people and the origin of suffering -- The calendar and the catechism -- "In whatever way it is chronicled".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Aspects of ancient Maya intellectual culture -- Clandestine compilations and the colonial dialogue -- Creation and apocalypse : the Katun 11 Ahau myth -- Theogony, cosmology, and language in the ritual of the angels -- The creation of the first people and the origin of suffering -- The calendar and the catechism -- "In whatever way it is chronicled".

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