Maya Creation Myths: Words and Worlds of the Chilam Balam

Contents

vii List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Foreword by Anthony Aveni xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Aspects of Ancient Maya Intellectual Culture 13 3. Clandestine Compilations and the Colonial Dialogue 33 4. Creation and Apocalypse: The Katun 11 Ahau Myth 53 5. Theogony, Cosmology, and Language in the Ritual of the Angels 85 6. The Creation of the First People and the Origin of Suffering 121 7. The Calendar and the Catechism 153 8. “In Whatever Way It Is Chronicled” 179 Appendix: Cross-Reference of Material in the Katun 11 Ahau Creation Myth Shared by Two or More Redactions 185 References 201 Index 223 Contents ...