Format:
1 online resource (341 pages)
ISBN:
9781646421329
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Illustrations -- The Organization of This Book -- The Maya Calendars -- Maya Deities -- Patron Gods -- Sacred Bundles -- The Titles and Offices of Ajaw, Kaloomte', and Bakab -- Offerings of Incense and the Ch'ajom Title -- The Banded-Bird Office of Secondary Lords -- Other Secondary Offices -- Historical Accounts of War at the Time of the Spanish Conquest -- The Classic Period Conflicts -- The Words of War -- The Scenes of War -- 1. The Chahk Thunderbolt Deities and Flint Weapons -- The Chahk Deities -- The Three Thunderbolt Gods -- Thunderbolt Axes -- Categories of Lithic Materials -- Representations of Lithic Material in Art and Hieroglyphic Writing -- Representations of Flint -- The Thunderbolt Authority of Maya Lords -- The Bakab Title -- The Thunderbolt Authority of Ancestors -- Lightning Luminosity and the T24/T1017 Celt Sign -- The Lightning Luminosity of Maya Lords -- The Spark and Fire of Lightning -- The Torch of the Chahk Deities -- Corn Deities and the Torch of K'awiil -- Itzamnaaj K'awiil and Fiery Thunderbolts -- Torches as Weapons of Destruction -- The Tok'-Pakal -- Summary -- 2. The Flint and Fire Deity GIII -- Solar Models and Myths -- The Heat of the Sun -- The Morning Star and the Sun -- The Sun God -- The Celestial Place of Duality -- The K'inich Title and the K'inich Ajaw Title -- Seventh Centipede Raptorial Bird -- The Dawning Sun -- The T183 K'in Bowl -- The Deity GI and His Quadripartite Badge Headdress -- The Names and Titles of the Deity GIII -- The Fire and Flint Traits of GIII and the Jaguar Paddler God -- Flint Blades and Jaguar Claws -- Flint, Centipedes, and Volcanic Fire -- Centipedes and Fiery Transformations -- Summary -- 3. Classic Maya Tlaloc Deities and Their Obsidian Meteor Weapons -- Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781646421312
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781646421312
Language:
English
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