Chilam Balam — Chilam ( „Prophet“) Balam ( „Jaguar“) ist die übergeordnete Bezeichnung einer Reihe von Texten, die vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert in Yucatán in der yukatekischen Maya Sprache verfasst wurden. Sie sind mit einander verwandte Sammlungen von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Chilam Balam — Copy of the Book of Chilam Balam of Ixil in the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City The so called Books of Chilam Balam are handwritten, chiefly 18th century Mayan miscellanies, named after the small Yucatec towns where they were… … Wikipedia
pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th … Universalium
Maya religion — Maya civiliza … Wikipedia
Maya priesthood — Until the discovery that Maya stelae depicted kings instead of high priests, the Maya priesthood and their preoccupations had been a main scholarly concern. In the course of the 1960s and over the following decades, however, dynastic research… … Wikipedia
Chichen Itza — Pre Hispanic City of Chichen Itza * UNESCO World Heritage Site … Wikipedia
Mesoamerican literature — The traditions of indigenous Mesoamerican literature extend back to the oldest attested forms of early writing in the Mesoamerican region, which date from around the mid 1st millennium BCE. Many of the pre Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica are… … Wikipedia
Yucatec language — also called Maya, American Indian language of the Mayan family, spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including not only part of Mexico but also Belize and northern Guatemala. In its classical (i.e., 16th century) form Yucatec was the… … Universalium
Itzamna — [ Lee Lawrie, Itzamna (1939). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.] In Yucatec Maya mythology, Itzamna was the name of an upper god and creator deity thought to be residing in the sky. Little is known about him, but scattered … Wikipedia
Chan Santa Cruz — Areas under the Mayas control, approximately 1870 Chan Santa Cruz or U Noh Kah Balam Nah Chan Santa Cruz is the Maya town now known as Felipe Carrillo Puerto in what is now the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. This name is often assigned to the… … Wikipedia
