Maya creation myths
Subtitle: words and worlds of the Chilam Balam
By: Timothy W. Knowlton
Series: Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes; Mesoamerican worlds
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781607320203
Subjects: Religion; Mythology; Mayas; Maya cosmology; Creation; Maya mythology; Chilam Balam de Chumayel (Manuscript)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aspects of ancient Maya intellectual culture; title: Clandestine compilations and the colonial dialogue; title: Creation and apocalypse : the Katun 11 Ahau myth; title: Theogony, cosmology, and language in the ritual of the angels; title: The creation of the first people and the origin of suffering; title: The calendar and the catechism; title: "In whatever way it is chronicled".