Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya /

This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamination of the mid-16th-century Popol Vuh, long considered an authoritative text, which is better understood as one among many crucial sources for the interpretation of ancient Maya...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Maya art > Themes, motives.
Maya mythology.
Mayas > Religion.
ART / Caribbean & Latin American.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgment
  • Note on Translations and Orthography
  • Introduction
  • 1. Image and Text
  • 2. Pictorial and Textual Sources
  • 3. Mesoamerican Cosmogony
  • 4. The Maiden
  • 5. The Grandmother
  • 6. The Sun's Opponents
  • 7. The Sun
  • 8. The Perfect Youth
  • 9. The Father
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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