Maya sacred geography and the creator deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet.
Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952-
2008
F1465.P8 B37 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Maya sacred geography and the creator deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet.
Author Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952-
ISBN 9780806139579 (alk. paper)
0806139579 (alk. paper)
Imprint Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xxii, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number F1465.P8 B37 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 299.7/8423
Note Series statement from publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257.
Linked Resources Table of contents only
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Overview
Corn
Agricultural events and ceremonies
World view
Water, wind, and divination
The thunderbolt triad
The paternal grandfather
The sons of the creator grandparents
The marriage of one Ixim/one Hunahpu and Ixik/Lady Bone Water
The paternal grandmother and her daughters-in-law
The twins
The maternal grandfather and his virgin daughters
Sacred landscape
The landscape of the night sky
The core myth
Summary and conclusions.

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