The myths of the Popol vuh in cosmology, art, and ritual / edited by Holley Moyes, Allen J. Christenson, and Frauke Sachse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moyes, Holley, editor.

Christenson, Allen J., 1957- editor.

Sachse, Frauke, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popol vuh--Criticism, Textual.

Popol vuh.

Quiché mythology.

Quiché Indians--Religion.

Quiché Indians.

Quiché philosophy.

Criticism, Textual.

Central America--Antiquities.

Central America.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 330 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : the Popol vuh as a window into the mind of the ancient Maya / Allen J.Christenson and Frauke Sachse

"For it is with words that we are sustained" : the Popol vuh and the creation of the First People / Allen J. Christenson

Metaphors of maize : otherworld conceptualizations and the cultural logic of human existence in the Popol Vuh / Frauke Sachse

The saqarik (dawn) and foundation rituals among the ancient K'iche' people / Iyaxel Cojtí Ren

Archaeological evidence for the preclassic origins of the Maya creation story and the resurrection of the Maize God at Cahal Pech, Belize / Jaime J. Awe

The dynamics of dynasty, power and creation myths embedded in architecture : a case study from Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan and Colin Snide

Sacrifice of the Maize God : re-creating creation in the main chamber of Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize / Holley Moyes and Jaime J. Awe

The transmutation of sustenance : a narrative of perennial reciprocity on classic Maya codex style ceramics / Barbara MacLeod

Predatory birds of the Popol vuh / Karen Bassie-Sweet and Nicholas A. Hopkins

The solar and lunar heroes in classic Maya art / Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariego

Beyond the "myth or politics" debate : reconsidering late preclassic sculpture, the principal bird deity, and the Popol vuh / Julia Guernsey

Blowgunners and the great bird at Teotihuacan : Mesoamerican myths in a comparative perspective / Jesper Nielsen, Karl Taube, Christophe Helmke and Héctor Escobed.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Myths of the Popol vuh in cosmology, art, and ritual

ISBN:

9781646421992

164642199X

Publisher Number:

40030773917

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.