The Myths of the Popol Vuh in Cosmology, Art, and Ritual. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Holley Moyes, Allen J. Christenson, Frauke Sachse.
• Editors: Moyes, Holley; Christenson, Allen J; Sachse, Frauke
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-v' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>List of Figures <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xiii' class='sequence-3'>Preface: Maya Archaeology and the Popol Vuh: An Intellectual History | Michael D. Coe <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-4'>1. Introduction: The Popol Vuh as a Window into the Mind of the Ancient Maya | Allen J. Christenson and Frauke Sachse <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-19' class='sequence-5'>Part 1: Understanding Highland Maya Worldviews through the Mythologies of the Popol Vuh <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-21' class='sequence-6'>2. 'For It Is with Words That We Are Sustained': The Popol Vuh and the Creation of the First People | Allen J. Christenson <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-48' class='sequence-7'>3. Metaphors of Maize: Otherworld Conceptualizations and the Cultural Logic of Human Existence in the Popol Vuh | Frauke Sachse <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-77' class='sequence-8'>4. The Saqirik (Dawn) and Foundation Rituals among the Ancient K'iche'an Peoples | Iyaxel Cojtí Ren <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-91' class='sequence-9'>Part 2: The Popol Vuh in Understanding the Archaeological Record <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-93' class='sequence-10'>5. 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 <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-117' class='sequence-11'>6. The Dynamics of Dynasty, Power, and Creation Myths Embedded in Architecture: A Case Study from Blue Creek, Belize | Thomas H. Guderjan and Colin Snider <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-136' class='sequence-12'>7. Sacrifice of the Maize God: Re-creating Creation in the Main Chamber of Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize | Holley Moyes and Jaime J. Awe <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-171' class='sequence-13'>Part 3: Comprehending Classic Maya Art and Writing through the Myths of the Popol Vuh <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-173' class='sequence-14'>8. The Transmutation of Sustenance: A Narrative of Perennial Reciprocity on Classic Maya Codex-Style Ceramics | Barbara MacLeod <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-222' class='sequence-15'>9. Predatory Birds of the Popol Vuh | Karen Bassie-Sweet and Nicholas A. Hopkins <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-249' class='sequence-16'>Part 4: Mythological Continuities and Change <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-251' class='sequence-17'>10. The Solar and Lunar Heroes in Classic Maya Art | Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-268' class='sequence-18'>11. Beyond the 'Myth or Politics' Debate: Reconsidering Late Preclassic Sculpture, the Principal Bird Deity, and the Popol Vuh | Julia Guernsey <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-295' class='sequence-19'>12. Blowgunners and the Great Bird at Teotihuacan: Mesoamerican Myths in a Comparative Perspective | Jesper Nielsen, Karl A. Taube, Christophe Helmke, and Héctor Escobedo <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-315' class='sequence-20'>Index <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-329' class='sequence-21'>List of Contributors.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (348 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Archaeology; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; History -- Latin America -- Central America
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781646421992
• Related ISBNs: 9781607323389; 9781646421985
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