2000 years of Mayan literature / Dennis Tedlock ; with new translations and interpretations by the author.
| Author/creator | Tedlock, Dennis, 1939- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 465 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Two thousand years of Mayan literature |
| Contents | Learning to read -- Early Mayan writing -- The skilled observer from Maxam -- From the time of gods to the time of lords -- Cormorant and her three sons -- Temple of the Sun-eyed shield -- Temple of the Tree of yellow corn -- Lady Shark fin and the evening star -- The rattlesnakes of the City of three stones -- Drawing and designing with words -- Graffiti -- The question of the beginning and end of time -- The mouth of the well of the Itza -- Writing on the pages of books -- Signs of the times -- Moon woman meets the stars -- The power of the great star -- Thunderstorm -- Diagrams of the days -- The alphabet arrives in the Lowlands -- The books of Chilam Balam -- Understanding the language of Suyua -- Song of the birth of the twenty days -- Conversations with madness -- The alphabet arrives in the Highlands -- A way to see the dawn of life -- Blood moon becomes a trickster -- The death of death -- The human work, the human design -- We saw it all, oh my sons -- The count of days -- Man of Rabinal -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Includes parallel Mayan and English text. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 2000 years of Mayan literature Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. 9780520232211 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021696977 |
| ISBN | 9780520944466 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |