Maya sacred geography and the creator deities
By: Karen Bassie-Sweet.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780806139579
Subjects: Popol vuh; Maya mythology; Maya cosmology; Creation -- Mythology -- Guatemala
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Corn; title: Agricultural events and ceremonies; title: World view; title: Water, wind, and divination; title: The thunderbolt triad; title: The paternal grandfather; title: The sons of the creator grandparents; title: The marriage of one Ixim/one Hunahpu and Ixik/Lady Bone Water; title: The paternal grandmother and her daughters-in-law; title: The twins; title: The maternal grandfather and his virgin daughters; title: Sacred landscape; title: The landscape of the night sky; title: The core myth; title: Summary and conclusions.