Sacred Texts
Native American
Maya
THE BOOK OF CHILAM BALAM OF CHUMAYEL
BY RALPH L. ROYS
[1933]
Title Page
Preface
Contents
Plate 1
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Translation
I: The Ritual of the Four World-Quarters
II. The Rise of Hunac Ceel to Power
III: A Prophecy For Katun 11 Ahau
IV: The Building of the Mounds
V: Memoranda Concerning the History of Yucatan
VI: Notes on the Calendar
VII: The Armorial Bearings Of Yucatan
VIII: Notes on Astronomy
IX: The Interrogation of the Chiefs
X: The Creation of the World
XI: The Ritual of the Angels
XII: A Song Of The Itzá
XIII: The Creation of the Uinal
XIV: A History of the Spanish Conquest
XV: The Prophecy of Chilam Balam and the Story of Antonio Martinez
XVI: A Chapter of Questions and Answers
XVII: An Incantation
XVIII: A Series of Katun-Prophecies
XIX: The First Chronicle
XX: The Second Chronicle
XXI: The Third Chronicle
XXII: A Book of Katun-Prophecies
XXIII: The Last Judgment
XXIV: Prophecies of a New Religion
Appendices
Appendix A: The Four World-Quarters
Appendix B: The Sacrificial Cenote at Chichen Itza
Appendix C: The Hunac Ceel Episode
Appendix D: The Maya Prophecies
Appendix E: Traditions of Caste and Chieftainship Among the Maya
Appendix F: Toltec Military Orders in Yucatan
Appendix G: The Americanization of Christianity
Appendix H: Chronological Summary
Bibliography
Map of Northern Yucatan