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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo Fernando, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Maya art > Themes, motives.
Maya mythology.
Mayas > Religion.
Art maya > Thèmes, motifs.
Mythologie maya.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Antiquities
Maya mythology
Mayas > Religion
Mexico > Antiquities.
Central America > Antiquities.
Mexique > Antiquités.
Central America
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Image and text
  • Pictorial and textual sources
  • Mesoamerican cosmogony
  • The maiden
  • The grandmother
  • The sun's opponents
  • The sun
  • The perfect youth
  • The father.

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