Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices & Visions of the Living MayaShares the myths of the contemporary Mayans of Guatemala, in tales of tricksters, lords of the underworld, warriers, kings, Spanish invaders and missionaries, and even anthropologists. |
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Page 161
... Holy World , Holy Earth . Pastor didn't talk with the earth , he didn't have the words to make the sacrifice acceptable . Except for his name and his cattle , he could be a character out of the New World Book . The gods of that book ...
... Holy World , Holy Earth . Pastor didn't talk with the earth , he didn't have the words to make the sacrifice acceptable . Except for his name and his cattle , he could be a character out of the New World Book . The gods of that book ...
Page 162
... Holy World who doesn't accept the cursed World doesn't accept it . " So Pastor has been burning the blood . Don Mateo has combined the spilling of the blood with the idea of a burnt offering . Shades of Abraham , only this Abraham has ...
... Holy World who doesn't accept the cursed World doesn't accept it . " So Pastor has been burning the blood . Don Mateo has combined the spilling of the blood with the idea of a burnt offering . Shades of Abraham , only this Abraham has ...
Page 164
... holy place without profaning it . But there is another kind of cleaning , “ the washing of the plate and cup , " the sweeping out of ashes from the earth and stones of the shrine itself . What vanishes then are the wrongs that may have ...
... holy place without profaning it . But there is another kind of cleaning , “ the washing of the plate and cup , " the sweeping out of ashes from the earth and stones of the shrine itself . What vanishes then are the wrongs that may have ...
Contents
The Great Eastern City | 12 |
The Death of Death | 31 |
Three Maidens at the Bath | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices & Visions of the Living Maya Dennis Tedlock No preview available - 1993 |
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ajaw Altar Town Black Butterfly blood brother bundle burning Cakchiquel calabash called candles canyon comes copal Copán crystals daimon Dark Jaguar dawn day named daykeepers Death divinatory don Dionisio don Mateo don Pedro don Tuncan doña Bárbara dream earth eastern city Eight Deer Eve and Adam fire four motherfathers gods goes Guatemala hand happened Holy World incense inside Jaguar Cedar Jaguar Night Jaguar Sun Jesus Judas Judas Thaddaeus Kekchi lake light Little Jaguar Sun look Lord Swallow maize Marksman Marksman and Little Maximón Maya Mayan Mayan hieroglyphic Mayan languages means middle mouth Nahuatl Nine Old World Book Open Mountain Peter Pallid Popol Vuh pwaq Quiché language river road Rotten Cane seeds Serpent Seven Marksman shrine side someone sound Spanish speak stone story Tahil Tedlock tell Tohil Tohil's Place told turn vigesimal voice walking White Sparkstriker words yellow