Star gods of the Maya : astronomy in art, folklore, and calendars

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milbrath, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1999.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies.
Subjects:
Maya astronomy.
Mayas > Religion.
Maya calendar.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Mesoamerican Calendar
  • Decipherment of Maya Glyphs
  • Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy
  • Overview of Contents
  • Contemporary Maya Images of the Heavens
  • The Seasonal Cycle
  • The Solar Calendar
  • Modern Maya Cosmic Diagrams
  • How the Sun Moves and Transforms
  • The Sun God
  • Images of Eclipses
  • The Lunar Rhythms
  • Lunar Agriculture
  • The Celestial Pair
  • The Moon Goddess
  • Venus among the Contemporary Maya
  • The Planets among the Contemporary Maya
  • Stars and Constellations
  • The Milky Way
  • Other Celestial Phenomena
  • Contemporary Maya Astronomy in Cultural Context
  • Naked-Eye Astronomy
  • Tracking the Solar Seasons
  • Lunar Positions and Phases
  • Eclipses
  • The Planets
  • The Stars and the Seasons
  • Precolumbian and Colonial Period Maya Solar Images
  • The Seasonal Cycle and the Solar Calendar
  • Solar Orientations in Architecture
  • The Sun in Precolumbian Maya Cosmic Diagrams
  • Concepts of the Sun's Motion.
  • The Precolumbian Kin Glyph
  • The Sun God in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods
  • The Sun God at Chichen Itza
  • The Sun King
  • Classic Maya Images of the Sun God and Earlier Prototypes
  • The Monkey's Sun
  • The Solar Bird and Solar Fire
  • The Sun and Felines
  • Hunahpu and Hun Ahau
  • GIII: The Sun as the Middle Brother
  • The Sun in the Precolumbian Maya Worldview
  • Precolumbian and Colonial Period Lunar Images and Deities
  • Lunar Calendars
  • Colonial and Postclassic Eclipse Imagery
  • The Dresden Codex Eclipse Table
  • Classic Period Eclipse Imagery and Events
  • Maya Moon Glyphs and Symbols
  • Lunar Symbolism of Fish, Frogs, Toads, and Shells
  • The Moon and Rabbits
  • The Water-lily Jaguar
  • The Jaguar War God
  • The Jaguar Paddler: The Moon Paired with the Sun
  • The Lunar Twin: Xbalanque
  • The Classic Period Moon God in Monumental Art
  • The Young Moon Goddess in Colonial and Postclassic Times
  • The Aged Moon in Colonial and Postclassic Times.
  • The Moon in the Postclassic Murals at Tulum
  • Lunar Deities at Chichen Itza
  • The Classic Maya Moon Goddess
  • The Ever-changing Moon
  • Venus and Mercury: The Body Doubles
  • Venus Observations among the Precolumbian Maya
  • Venus in the Popol Vuh
  • Colonial and Postclassic Images of Venus
  • The Dresden Codex Venus Pages
  • The Layout of
  • The Seasonal Aspects of Venus
  • Regents and Victims in the Venus Pages
  • Quetzalcoatl-Kukulcan: The Venus God from Central Mexico
  • Central Mexican Venus Symbols in the Maya Area
  • Maya Glyphs and Symbols Representing Venus
  • Venus Warfare
  • Lineage Founders and the Venus Cult
  • Tlaloc and the Storm God
  • Chac and God B in Colonial and Postclassic Yucatan
  • Classic Period Images of Chac
  • Chac and GI in the Classic Period
  • The Sidereal Position of Venus
  • Venus and the Moon
  • Mercury in Maya Imagery and Calendrics
  • The Inferior Planets in the Maya Worldview
  • The Celestial Wanderers.
  • Colonial Period Images of the Superior Planets
  • Mars among the Precolumbian Maya
  • Monkey Deities and the Planets
  • God K in the Colonial and Postclassic Periods
  • The Classic Period God K and GII
  • Jupiter Events and God K on Classic Maya Monuments
  • Classic Period Calendar Records Relating to the Superior Planets
  • Assembly of the Gods
  • The Celestial Wanderers as Planetary Gods
  • Stars, the Milky Way, Comets, and Meteors
  • Comets, Meteors, and Supernovas
  • Images of Stars
  • The Maya Zodiac
  • The Pleiades
  • The Scorpion and Skeletal Snake Constellations
  • Orion and Gemini
  • The Peccary Constellation
  • Bird Constellations
  • Cross Constellations and Stellar Trees
  • The North Star and the "Dippers"
  • Central Mexican Images of the Milky Way
  • The Cosmic Monster and the Milky Way
  • Serpent Forms of the Milky Way
  • Roads in the Sky and Four Itzamnas
  • Classic Period Monuments with Images of the Milky Way
  • Rotating the Milky Way
  • The Maya in the History of World Astronomy
  • Appendix 1. Guide to Astronomical Identities
  • Appendix 2. Table of Classic Period Dates and Associated Astronomical Events
  • Appendix 3. Table for Calculating the Tzolkin Intervals
  • Glossary.

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