2000 Years of Mayan Literature
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"Never before has anyone focused so successfully on the literary genius of these ancient authors. Tedlock is so much more than a translator, placing selected Mayan works in a continuous narrative that skillfully links authors from the third century to the sixteenth century with writers of today. An extremely important, original, and innovative work."—Martha J. Macri, coauthor of The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, Volumes 1 and 2, and Director of the Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project, University of California, Davis"A stunning recreation of the intellectual world of the ancient Maya, the only fully literate people of pre-Columbian America. Informed by the latest research on Maya hieroglyphic writing, art, and mythology, this beautifully illustrated and wonderfully readable work by an outstanding scholar should be on the bookshelf of all those interested in this fascinating civilization."—Michael Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code"This book is, like the ancient Maya texts and images it explores, a work of art."—David Freidel, co-author (with Linda Schele and Joy Parker) of Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path"Literally breathtaking. A truly unprecedented gathering and translation of written Mayan texts. Tedlock is making visible, for the first time, a Mayan literature in comprehensible, meaningful form."—Jerome Rothenberg, poet, author/editor of Technicians of the Sacred and Poems for the Millennium
Acknowledgments Note on the Pronunciation of Mayan Words Introduction Part One1. Learning to Read 2. Early Mayan Writing 3. The Skilled Observer from Maxam 4. From the Time of Gods to the Time of Lords 5. Cormorant and Her Three Sons 6. Temple of the Sun-Eyed Shield 7. Temple of the Tree of Yellow Corn 8. Lady Shark Fin and the Evening Star 9. The Rattlesnakes of the City of Three Stones 10. Drawing and Designing with Words 11. Graffiti 12. The Question of the Beginning and End of Time 13. The Mouth of the Well of the Itza 14. Writing on the Pages of Books 15. Signs of the Times 16. Moon Woman Meets the Stars 17. The Power of the Great Star 18. Thunderstorm 19. Diagrams of the Days Part Two20. The Alphabet Arrives in the Lowlands 21. The Books of Chilam Balam 22. Understanding the Language of Suyua 23. Song of the Birth of the Twenty Days 24. Conversations with Madness 25. The Alphabet Arrives in the Highlands 26. A Way to See the Dawn of Life 27. Blood Moon Becomes a Trickster 28. The Death of Death 29. The Human Work, the Human Design 30. We Saw It All, Oh My Sons 31. The Count of Days 32. Man of Rabinal Epilogue Notes Bibliography List of Mayan Texts and Translations List of Figures List of Maps Illustration Credits Index
