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Maya sacred geography and the creator deities
- Title
- Maya sacred geography and the creator deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet.
- Author
- Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JGF 08-262 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 359 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- [Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257]
- Uniform Title
- Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257.
- Subjects
- Note
- Series statement from publisher's website.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-349) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JGF 08-262
- ISBN
- 9780806139579 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0806139579 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008012966
- OCLC
- 220419981
- Author
- Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952-
- Title
- Maya sacred geography and the creator deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet.
- Imprint
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
- Series
- [Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257]Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 257.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-349) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JGF 08-262