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The Maya and their sacred narratives : text and context in Maya mythologies ; proceedings of the 12th European Maya Conference, Geneva, December 7-8, 2007 / Genevieve Le Fort ... [and others], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- European Maya Conference (12th : 2007 : Geneva, Switzerland)
- Series:
- Acta Mesoamericana ; v. 20.
- Acta Mesoamericana ; v. 20
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Maya mythology--Congresses.
- Maya mythology.
- Mayas--Religion--Congresses.
- Mayas.
- Mayan languages--Writing--Congresses.
- Mayan languages.
- Manuscripts, Maya--Congresses.
- Manuscripts, Maya.
- Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)--Congresses.
- Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian).
- Mayan languages--Writing.
- Mayas--Religion.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Text and context in Maya mythologies
- Place of Publication:
- Markt Schwaben, Germany : Verlag Anton Saurwein, 2009.
- Contents:
- Comparar las mitologías / Alain Monnier
- Myth or (and, along with) history / Philippe Borgeaud and Raphaël Gardiol
- The many faces of Chaahk : exploring the role of a complex and fluid entity within myth, religion and politics / Carlos Pallán Gayol
- The Maya maize god and the mythic origins of dance / Karl Taube
- Imagen, texto y contexto ceremonial del "ritual de los ángeles" : viejos problemas y nuevas respuestas sobre la narrativa sagrada en los libros de Chilam Balam / Erik Velásquez García
- The birth of the number twenty in the Dresden Codex / Carl D. Callaway
- Cords and crocodilians : creation mythology in late postclassic Maya iconography and texts / Gabrielle Vail and Christine Hernández
- Composition and artistry in a classical Yucatecan Maya creation myth : prehispanic ritual narratives and their colonial transmission / Timothy Knowlton
- "Who Shall Be our Sustainer?" : sacred myth and the spoken word / Allen J. Christenson
- The grand Chorti' epic : the story of the Kumix Angel / Kerry Hull
- Jaguar slayer and stone trap man : a Tzotzil myth reconsidered / H. Edwin M. Braakhuis
- Las cuevas, espacios míticos entre los mayas de hoy / Fátima Tec Pool
- Salt, sites and "mythology" : cultural memory in San Mateo Ixtatán (Huehuetenango, Guatemala) from pre-Hispanic to modern times / Lars Frühsorge and Ulrich Wölfel
- The divine rite of kings : an analysis of classic Maya impersonation statements / Julie Nehammer Knub, Simone Thun and Christophe Helmke
- Deities of transition : death gods among the classic Maya / Pierre Robert Colas.
- Notes:
- In English, with 3 contributions in Spanish; abstracts in English and Spanish.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783931419165
- 3931419169
- OCLC:
- 535492821
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