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Auteur(s) : Knowlton, Thimothy W.
Titre(s) : Maya creation myths [Texte imprimé] : words and worlds of the Chilam Balam / Timothy W. Knowlton
Publication : Boulder : University Press of Colorado, copyright 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV, 231 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes ; 2010
Lien à la collection : Mesoamerican worlds
Note(s) : Références bibliogr. (pp. 201-222) Index. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index
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," which he chronicled events before Christianity
came to the Peten. In this, 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 the sacred calendar Maya diviners still use today to make sense of humanity's
place in the otherwise inscrutable march of time. These creation myths eventually
became part of the documents known today as the Books of Chilam Balam ; Maya Creation
myths provides not only new and outstanding translations of these myths but also an
interpretive journey through these often misunderstood texts, providing insight into
Maya cosmology and how Maya intellectuals met the challenge of the European clergy's
attempts to eradicate their worldviews. Unlike many scholars who primarily focus on
traces of pre-Hispanic culture or Christian influence within the Books of Chilam Balam,
Knowlton emphasizes the diversity of Maya mythic traditions and the uniquely Maya
discursive strategies that emerged in the Colonial period ; This book will be of significant
interest to Maya scholars, folklorists, and historians, as well as students and scholars
of religion, cosmology, and anthropology. --Book Jacket
Sujet(s) : Chilam Balam (Chumayel)
Mythologie maya
Cosmologie maya
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781607320203. - ISBN 1607320207. - ISBN 9781607320210. - ISBN 1607320215. -
ISBN 9781607321989. - ISBN 160732198X (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45779165v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45779165
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Table des matières : 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."
