The Popol Vuh

The Popol Vuh PDF Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: New York : AMS Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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The Popol Vuh

The Popol Vuh PDF Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: New York : AMS Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Out of Xibalba

Out of Xibalba PDF Author: Liz Coley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781463556327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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While on a trip to Belize, Michelle is thrown back in time into the ancient world of the Mayans. Will a conflict between the rulers and the goddess Ix Chel affect the Mayan prediction that the human age will end on Dec. 21, 2012?

The Face of Ancient America

The Face of Ancient America PDF Author: Lee Allen Parsons
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780936260242
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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"For archaeologists, artists, art historians, and all lovers of art, expecially pre-Columbian art." -- Choice "... one of the better general pre-Columbian catalogues to appear in a long time." -- African Arts More than 150 examples of Olmec and Maya art are described in detail, discussed, and reproduced in magnificent full-color photographs. The collection is grouped into cultural and geographical sections to give a complete picture of the most significant civilizations of ancient Latin America.

Resurrection

Resurrection PDF Author: Steve Alten
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429910216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Once again, in this follow-up to Domain, Steve Alten has ingeniously woven the mysteries of the past into a gripping and unforgettable vision of the future. Mayan legend tells of the Hero Twins, destined to confront the Lords of the Underworld and resue their long-lost father from the realm of darkness. Merely a two-thousand-year-old myth--or a prophecy of an apocalyptic battle for the soul of mankind? On December 21, 2012, a date long foretold by the Mayan calendar, Michael Gabriel disappeared from the face of the Earth, after saving the entire planet from thermonuclear destruction. Less than a year later, his bereaved wife gave birth to twin sons, both possessed of extraordinary mental and physical gifts. Are these at last the Hero Twins? And yet, as crucial as the twins are, they are not unique. A third child was born on the same fateful day, blessed--or cursed--with the same superhuman talent and potential. Exposed to the uglier side of existence, Lilith will travel down a darker path that leads to eon-distant Xibalba--the Mayan version of hell. An epic battle of good versus evil will begin . . . and the final fate of the human race will be revealed. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Popol Vuh

Popol Vuh PDF Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684818450
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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One of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.

Renewing the Maya World

Renewing the Maya World PDF Author: Garrett W. Cook
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292782519
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Each year in the Highland Guatemala town of Santiago Momostenango, Maya religious societies, dance teams, and cofradías perform the annual cycle of rituals and festivals prescribed by Costumbre (syncretized Maya Christian religion), which serves to renew the cosmic order. In this richly detailed ethnography, Garrett Cook explores how these festivals of Jesucristo and the saints derive from and reenact three major ancient Maya creation myths, thus revealing patterns of continuity between contemporary expressive culture and the myths, rituals, and iconography of the Classic and Postclassic Maya. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the 1970s and renewed in the 1990s, Cook describes the expressive culture tradition performed in and by the cofradías and their dance teams. He listens as dancers and cofrades explain the meaning of service and of the major ritual symbols in the cults of the saints and Jesucristo. Comparing these symbols to iconographic evidence from Palenque and myths from the Popol Vuh, Cook persuasively argues that the expressive culture of Momostenango enacts major Maya creation myths—the transformative sunrise, the representation of the year as the life cycle of anthropomorphized nature, and the erection of an axis mundi. This research documents specific patterns of continuity and discontinuity in the communal expression of Maya religious and cosmogonic themes. Along with other recent research, it demonstrates the survival of a basic Maya pattern—the world-creating vegetative renewal cycle—in the highland Maya cults of the saints and Jesucristo.

A Hero's Journey

A Hero's Journey PDF Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481423509
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Manolo Sanchez must find the courage to save his town in this 8x8 storybook retelling of the movie The Book of Life! The Book of Life hits theaters on October 17, 2014! Manolo Sanchez comes from a family of champion bullfighters, but he would rather play music than fight bulls. However, his songs might not be enough to win the heart of the general’s daughter, Maria, over his best friend, a celebrated war hero. When their town of San Angel is threatened by forces both real and magical, Manolo will have to draw courage from his heroic ancestors to save his home—and the girl he loves. THE BOOK OF LIFE © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Reel FX Productions II, LLC. All rights reserved.

Last Rites for the Tipu Maya

Last Rites for the Tipu Maya PDF Author: Keith P. Jacobi
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817310258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399

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Last Rites for the Tipu Maya is a groundbreaking study that uncovers the history of the Tipu Maya of Belize and their subsequent contact with the Spanish conquistadores and missionaries.

Domain

Domain PDF Author: Steve Alten
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429910208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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A beautiful psychologist must help the son of an infamous archaeologist escape a mental asylum in order to resolve the 2,000 year old Mayan Calendar's prophesy of Doom and save humanity. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Hero Journey in Literature

The Hero Journey in Literature PDF Author: Evans Lansing Smith
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761805090
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at adolescence, mid-life, and death). This is the only book to focus on the major works of the literary tradition, detailing discussions of the hero journey in major literary texts. Included are chapters on the literature of Antiquity (Sumerian, Egyptian, Biblical, Greek, and Roman), the Middle Ages (with emphasis on the Arthurian Romance), the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Shakespeare, Milton, Marvell, Pope, Fielding, the Arabian Nights, and Alchemical Illustration), Romanticism and Naturalism (Coleridge, Selected Grimm's Tales, Bront%, Bierce, Whitman, Twain, Hawthorne, E.T.A. Hoffman, Rabindranath Tagore), and Modernism to Contemporary (Joyce, Gilman, Alifa Rifaat, Bellow, Lessing, Pynchon, Eudora Welty).