Quich Dramas And Divinatory Calendars
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Quich Dramas And Divinatory Calendars
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Author : Munro S. Edmonson
language : en
Publisher: Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute
Release Date : 1997
Quich Dramas And Divinatory Calendars written by Munro S. Edmonson and has been published by Tulane University, Middle American Research Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drama categories.
The Maya Calendar
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Author : Weldon Lamb
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2017-02-23
The Maya Calendar written by Weldon Lamb and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
By 1,800 years ago, speakers of proto-Ch’olan, the ancestor of three present-day Maya languages, had developed a calendar of eighteen twenty-day months plus a set of five days for a total of 365 days. This original Maya calendar, used extensively during the Classic period (200–900 CE), recorded in hieroglyphic inscriptions the dates of dynastic and cosmological importance. Over time, and especially after the Mayas’ contact with Europeans, the month names that had originated with these inscriptions developed into fourteen distinct traditions, each connected to a different ethnic group. Today, the glyphs encompass 250 standard forms, variants, and alternates, with about 570 meanings among all the cognates, synonyms, and homonyms. In The Maya Calendar, Weldon Lamb collects, defines, and correlates the month names in every recorded Maya calendrical tradition from the first hieroglyphic inscriptions to the present—an undertaking critical to unlocking and understanding the iconography and cosmology of the ancient Maya world. Mining data from astronomy, ethnography, linguistics, and epigraphy, and working from early and modern dictionaries of the Maya languages, Lamb pieces together accurate definitions of the month names in order to compare them across time and tradition. His exhaustive process reveals unsuspected parallels. Three-fourths of the month names, he shows, still derive from those of the original hieroglyphic inscriptions. Lamb also traces the relationship between month names as cognates, synonyms, or homonyms, and then reconstructs each name’s history of development, connecting the Maya month names in several calendars to ancient texts and archaeological finds. In this landmark study, Lamb’s investigations afford new insight into the agricultural, astronomical, ritual, and even political motivations behind names and dates in the Maya calendar. A history of descent and diffusion, of unexpected connectedness and longevity, The Maya Calendar offers readers a deep understanding of a foundational aspect of Maya culture.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Cumulative Book Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with American literature categories.
A world list of books in the English language.
Rabinal Achi
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Author : Dennis Tedlock
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-09-04
Rabinal Achi written by Dennis Tedlock and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-04 with Drama categories.
Here is one of the most important surviving works of pre-Columbian civilization, Rabinal Achi, a Mayan drama set a century before the arrival of the Spanish, produced by the translator of the best selling Popol Vuh. The first direct translation into English from Quiché Maya, based on the original text, Rabinal Achi is the story of city-states, war, and nobility, of diplomacy, mysticism, and psychic journeys. Cawek of the Forest People has been captured by Man of Rabinal, who serves a ruler named Lord Five Thunder. Cawek is a renegade, a warrior who has inflicted much suffering on Rabinal. Yet he is also the son of the lord of the allied city of Quiché--a noble who once fought alongside Man of Rabinal. The drama presents the confrontation between the two during the trial of Cawek, who defies his captors and proudly accepts death by beheading. Dennis Tedlock's translation is clear and vivid; more than that, it is rooted in an understanding of how the play is actually performed. Despite being banned for centuries by Spanish authorities, it survived in actual practice, and is still performed in the town of Rabinal today. Tedlock's photographs and diagrams accompany the text, capturing nuances not apparent in the dialogue alone. He also provides an introduction and commentary that explain the historical events compressed into the play, the Spanish influence on the Mayan dramatic tradition, and the cultural and religious world preserved in this remarkable play. Rabinal Achi ranks as a classic of Mayan literature--and a rare window on a world that had yet to be invaded by Europeans. Dennis Tedlock brings this drama to life in all its richness.
The Transatlantic Las Casas
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Author : Rady Roldán-Figueroa
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-11-14
The Transatlantic Las Casas written by Rady Roldán-Figueroa and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-14 with History categories.
Adding to the momentum of Lascasian Studies, this interdisciplinary effort of seventeen scholars offers sophisticated explorations of colonial Latin American and early modern Iberian studies.
2000 Years Of Mayan Literature
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Author : Dennis Tedlock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-11-04
2000 Years Of Mayan Literature written by Dennis Tedlock and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-04 with History categories.
A chronological survey of Mayan literature, covering two thousand years, from the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions to later works using the Roman alphabet.
Yumtzilob
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Yumtzilob written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with America categories.
"Kwartaal-uitgave over de Americas" (varies).
Maya Daykeeping
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Author : John M. Weeks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01-31
Maya Daykeeping written by John M. Weeks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-31 with History categories.
In Maya Daykeeping, three divinatory calendars from highland Guatemala - examples of a Mayan literary tradition that includes the Popul Vuh, Annals of the Cakchiquels, and the Titles of the Lords of Totonicapan - dating to 1685, 1722, and 1855, are transcribed in K'iche or Kaqchikel side-by-side with English translations. Calendars such as these continue to be the basis for prognostication, determining everything from the time for planting and harvest to foreshadowing illness and death. Good, bad, and mixed fates can all be found in these examples of the solar calendar and the 260-day divinatory calendar. The use of such calendars is mentioned in historical and ethnographic works, but very few examples are known to exist. Each of the three calendars transcribed and translated by John M. Weeks, Frauke Sachse, and Christian M. Prager - and housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - is unique in structure and content. Moreover, except for an unpublished study of the 1722 calendar by Rudolf Schuller and Oliver La Farge (1934), these little-known works appear to have escaped the attention of most scholars. Introductory essays contextualize each document in time and space, and a series of appendixes present previously unpublished calendrical notes assembled in the early twentieth century. Providing considerable information on the divinatory use of calendars in colonial highland Maya society previously unavailable without a visit to the University of Pennsylvania's archives, Maya Daykeeping is an invaluable primary resource for Maya scholars. Mesoamerican Worlds Series
Place Of The Lord S Daughter
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Author : Ruud van Akkeren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Place Of The Lord S Daughter written by Ruud van Akkeren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Achi Indians categories.
The Popol Vuh
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Author : Lewis Spence
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-06
The Popol Vuh written by Lewis Spence and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06 with History categories.
The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central America, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.