Ruins, Caves, Gods, and Incense Burners : Northern Lacandon Maya Myths and Rituals /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boremanse, Didier, 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lacandon mythology.
Lacandon Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Lacandon Indians > Religion.
Mythologie lacandon.
Lacandon (Indiens) > Rites et ceremonies.
Lacandon (Indiens) > Religion.
Incense burners and containers > Mexico > Religious aspects.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origin myths
  • Shrines, censers, and deities
  • Offerings of the first fruits of the crops
  • Sin, expiation, divination, and propitiation
  • The balche' ceremonies
  • A Naabilil balche' ceremony performed at a boy's Initiation
  • The renewal of the incense burners
  • Eschatology and funerary rites
  • Northern Lacandon religion in a changing world
  • Concluding remarks
  • Appendix A: Collections of censers of nineteen men
  • Appendix B: Notes on Southern Lacandon Maya religion
  • Appendix C: Origin myths (in Lacandon Maya).

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