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- 1 online resource.
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction (note)
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- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2021).
- 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.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2021021118
- OCLC
- 2021021118
- Title
The myths of the Popol vuh in cosmology, art, and ritual / edited by Holley Moyes, Allen J. Christenson, and Frauke Sachse.
- Publisher
Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2021).
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Moyes, Holley, editor.
Christenson, Allen J., 1957- editor.
Sachse, Frauke, editor.
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Print version: Myths of the Popol vuh in cosmology, art, and ritual Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2021] 9781607323389 (DLC) 2021021117