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Maya sacred geography and the creator deities /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2008]
Series:Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257.
Subjects:
Popol vuh.
Maya mythology.
Maya cosmology.
Creation > Mythology > Guatemala.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Corn
  • Agricultural events and ceremonies
  • World view
  • Water, wind, and divination
  • The thunderbolt triad
  • The paternal grandfather
  • The sons of the creator grandparents
  • The marriage of one Ixim/one Hunahpu and Ixik/Lady Bone Water
  • The paternal grandmother and her daughters-in-law
  • The twins
  • The maternal grandfather and his virgin daughters
  • Sacred landscape
  • The landscape of the night sky
  • The core myth
  • Summary and conclusions.