History and legend of the colonial Maya of Guatemala / Shinji Yamase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamase, Shinji.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Latin American studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 20.

Latin American studies ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quiché Indians--History.

Quiché Indians.

Indians of Central America--Guatemala--History.

Indians of Central America.

Maya mythology--Guatemala.

Maya mythology.

Manuscripts, Maya--Guatemala.

Manuscripts, Maya.

Indians of Central America--Cultural assimilation--Guatemala.

Aztecs--Guatemala.

Aztecs.

Indians of Central America--Cultural assimilation.

History.

Guatemala.

Physical Description:

v, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Ethnohistory, Historical Anthropology and History 5

Chapter 2 History of the K'iche'(Quiche) and Kaqchikel (Cakchiquel) Peoples 14

Chapter 3 An Introduction to Various Native Guatemalan Documents and Other Sources 23

A Major K'iche' Documents 25

1 The Popol Vuh 25

2 Titulo de Totonicapan 38

3 Titulo C'oyoi 39

4 Titulo de Ilocab 40

5 Rabinal Achi 41

6 Titulo de Yax 48

7 Titulo de la Casa Ixquin Nejaib 50

8 Papel del Origin de los Senores 51

9 Historia Quiche de Don Juan de Torres 51

10 Titulo del Ahjpop Huitzitzil Tzunun 52

11 Buenabaj Pictorials 52

12 Titulo Sacapulas 53

B Other Native Guatemalan Documents 54

1 The Annals of the Cakchiquels (Kaqchikels) 54

2 The Historia de los Xpantzay 57

3 Guerras Comunes de Quiche (K'iche') y Cakchiquel (Kaqchikel) 57

4 Testamento de los Xpantzay 58

5 Titulo Alotenango 58

C Sources by the Spaniards 59

Spanish Historians 59

D Yucatec Mayan Documents 59

1 Pre-Columbian Screenfolds 60

2 The Books of Chilam Balam 60

The Books of Chilam Balam 60

The Other Native Yucatec Documents 69

Chapter 4 Were the K'iche Maya Less "Civilized" Than the Yucatec Maya? A Consideration of the Writing System, a Perspective from the European and the "New World" Peoples 70

A Recording Systems of the Peoples of the Guatemalan Highlands before the Spanish Conquest 71

B Recording Systems from the view of the "Civilized" and the "Uncivilized" people 75

Chapter 5 The City of Tula: The Problem of Tula in Native Guatemalan Texts 89

1 Tula in the indigenous sources of highland Mexico 89

2 Tula in the indigenous sources of highland Guatemala 91

B Locating Tula from Linguistic Analysis 96

C An Analysis of the Documents 104

1 Tula found in the Various Documents 104

2 "Where the Sun Rises" or "re libal k'ij" as "In the East" 111

3 Legend of the Suns 113

4 The Nahua Influence in the K'iche' documents 116

1 Tohil and Quetzalcoatl 117

5 Zuyua or Sewan 119

6 Summary of Documentary Evidence 120

D Archaeological Evidence: From a View of Mexican Invasions throughout Central America 122

1 Archaeological Data about the Origin of the K'iche' 122

2 The Pipil in the Guatemalan Highlands 131

3 The Pipil in El Salvador 132

4 The Pipil in Nicaragua 134

5 A Summary of the Archaeology from K'iche' and Pipil Sites 135

E A Summary of the problem of Tula among the Native Guatemalans 136

Chapter 6 The Aztec and Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin: Another Problem in Mesoamerican History 140

A Motecuhzoma (Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) and Sources 142

1 Documentary Evidence and Previous Works 143

2 Archaeology 145

B The Aztec and the K'iche' 147

1 The First Known Aztec Contact with the K'iche' 148

2 The Relationship between the Aztec and the Native Guatemalan in the reign of Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Montezuma) 151

C The Presence of Aztec among the Pipil in Lower Central America (Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama) 157

D The Aztec in the Tabasco Region 162

E A Discussion and Summary of the Aztec in Native Guatemalan texts 164

Chapter 7 Christianity in the Myths of the Creation of the World: Native Guatemalan Texts and the Impact of Theologia Indorum 171

A Problems of Investigation and the Methods Used 174

1 Various Approaches 174

B Historical Background of Christian Doctrine found in the Indigenous Texts 180

1 A Discussion on the Importance of Historical Background to understanding Biblical Influences in Native Guatemalan Texts 180

2 The History of the Dominican and the Franciscan Missionary Orders in the Guatemalan Highlands 182

3 The Franciscans 186

4 The Dominicans 187

5 The Franciscans and the Dominicans at the time the Native Guatemalan texts were thought to have been written 191

6 Summary of the historical Knowledge of Christianity among those Native Guatemalans 192

1 Biblical sources: the Theologia Indorum and other related documents 194

1 Theologia Indorum 194

2 The Manuscrito Kekchi (the K'ekchi Manuscript) 195

2 Native Guatemalan Sources 196

3 Other Sources from Areas where the Mayan language is spoken 202

D The Creation Myth in Native Guatemalan and Native Yucatec Texts 203

1 A Comparison of Creation Myth in Native Guatemala Texts, Hieroglyphic text, and the Books of Chilam Balam 204

1 Popol Vuh and Holy or Sacred Stone 204

2 Hieroglyphic Texts 206

3 A Case Study of the Titulo de Totonicapan 210

2 Christianity and Mayan Religions: An Analysis of Religious Dualism with Special Reference to Yucatec Mayan Documents 215

1 A Brief History of Church and the Yucatec Maya 215

2 A Concise History of the Missionary Orders in Yucatan 216

3 Religious Dualism and Definition of "Anti-Christianity" by the Maya, from a Japanese Perspective 221

A "Kabawil" of the K'iche' and a Case Study of Christianised Japanese Shinto by a Japanese Anti-Christian under the Japanese Nationalist Movement during the 19th century with a reference to China of the 18th century 234

B The Myths of the Creation of the World and Christian Doctrine 255

Found in the Books of Chilam Balam 255

C Resistance to Christianity? 261

D Summary of the Texts in Yucatan 267

E A Summary of Christianity in the World Creation Myths within Native Guatemalan Texts 270

Map 1 The Pre-Columbian language boundaries and modern Native Guatemalan Settlements of the Guatemalan Highlands (Carmack 1973:14 Fig.1. With the Permission of University of California Press)

Map 2 The Gulf Coast as the Place of Origin (Carmack 1981:45. With the Permission of University of Oklahoma Press)

Map 3 The Pipil in Central America (Fowler 1989. With the Permission of University of Oklahoma Press)

Map 4 Aztec Expansionism from the reign of Tizoc (1481-1486AD) to that of Ahuitzotl (1487-1502AD) (Berdan et al., 1992:2:20-23)

Map 5 The Distribution Pattern of the Major Clergy ca. 1600 AD (Source: Van Oss 1986:47 Map3. With the Permission of Cambridge University Press)

Table 1 Major Native Guatemalan Texts. The texts in bold type will be discussed with reference to updated information. Also see Carmack 1973

Table 2 Several Suggestions for the Original Source of the Popol Vuh

Table 3 General opinion regarding History of the Rabinal Achi

Table 4 A New Hypothesis of the History of the Rabinal Achi(Modified from Breton 1994:36)

Table 5 Various Books of Chilam Balam

Table 6 Tula in Pokomam and Tzeltal (Campbell 1977 and Ara 1986)

Table 7 The "Original Place" as identified in Various K'iche' and Kaqchikel Documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-301) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0773468595

088946488X

OCLC:

51053778