Sacred Texts  Native American  Maya  Index  Previous  Next 

p. xiii

CONTENTS

 

PAGE

Preface

xi

Introduction

3

Translation

63

Chapter I. The ritual of the four world-quarters

63

Chapter IL The rise of Hunac Ceel to power

66

Chapter III. A prophecy for Katun 11 Ahau

77

Chapter IV. The building of the mounds

79

Chapter V. Memoranda concerning the history of Yucatan

80

Chapter VI. Notes on the calendar

84

Chapter VII. The armorial bearings of Yucatan

86

Chapter VIII. Notes on astronomy

86

Chapter IX. The interrogation of the chiefs

88

Chapter X. The creation of the world

98

Chapter X1. The rituals of the angels

107

Chapter XII. A song of the Itzá

114

Chapter XIII. The creation of the uinal

116

Chapter XIV. A history of the Spanish Conquest

119

Chapter XV. The prophecy of Chilam Balam and the story of Antonio Martinez

120

Chapter XVI. A chapter of questions and answers

125

Chapter XVII. An incantation

131

Chapter XVIII. A series of katun-prophecies

132

Chapter XIX. The first chronicle

135

Chapter XX. The second chronicle

139

Chapter XXI. The third chronicle

140

Chapter XXII. A book of katun-prophecies

144

1. Frontispiece

144

2. Historical introduction to the katun-prophecies

145

3. The katun-prophecies

147

Chapter XXIII. The last judgment

163

Chapter XXIV. Prophecies of a new religion

164

Appendix A. The four world-quarters

170

Appendix B. The sacrificial cenote at Chichen Itzá

173

Appendix C. The Hunac Ceel episode

177

Appendix D. The Maya prophecies

182

Appendix E. Traditions of caste and chieftainship among the Maya

188

Appendix F. Toltec military orders in Yucatan

196

Appendix G. The Americanization of Christianity

201

Appendix H. Chronological summary

204

Bibliography

207

 


Next: Plate 1