• Maya creation myths : words and worlds of the Chilam Balam
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : monographic
    Title Information: words and worlds of the Chilam Balam
    Author: KnowltonTimothy W,
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    Place of Publication: Boulder
    Published: University Press of Colorado;
    Year of Publication: c2010
    Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 231 p.)ill. :
    Series: Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
    Subject: Creation - Mythology -
    Subject: Mayas - Religion -
    Subject: Maya cosmology -
    Subject: Maya mythology -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781607320210/
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index
    ISBN: 9781607320210electronic bk.
    ISBN: 1607320215electronic bk.
    ISBN: 9781607320203hbk.
    ISBN: 1607320207hbk.
    Content Note: 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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