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Maya Creation Myths

Words and Worlds of the Chilam Balam

Maya Creation Myths( )
Author: Knowlton, Timothy
ISBN:978-1-60732-020-3
Publication Date:Aug 2010
Publisher:University Press of Colorado
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $60.00USD $63.00
Book Description:

There is no Classical Yucatecan Maya word for "myth." But around the close of the seventeenth century, an anonymous Maya scribe penned what he called u kahlay cab tu kinil, "the world history of the era," before Christianity came to the Peten. He collected numerous accounts of the cyclical destruction and reestablishment of the cosmos; the origins of gods, human beings, and the rituals and activities upon which their relationship depends; and finally the dawn of the sun and...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Religion / Creation
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.25 x 9.27 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:1.056 Pounds



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