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"Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernandez show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period. Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernandez analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the Books of Chilam Balam, the Popol Vuh, and the Codice Chimalpopoca to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico, Re-Creating Primordial Time is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike"--

Maya mythology. --- Creation --- Manuscripts, Maya. --- Mythology.

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Maya poetry --- Maya literature --- Belizean literature --- History and criticism.

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Maya mythology. --- Maya cosmology. --- Creation. --- Chilam Balam de Chumayel (Manuscript)

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Mayan languages --- Maya cosmology --- Maya astronomy --- Hieroglyphics, Maya --- Hieroglyphics, Mayan --- Maya hieroglyphics --- Mayan hieroglyphics --- Mayan script --- Mayan writing --- Mayas --- Picture-writing, Maya --- Script, Mayan --- Writing, Mayan --- Cosmology, Maya --- Cosmology --- Astronomy, Maya --- Astronomy --- Writing. --- Writing --- Palenque Site (Mexico) --- Mexico --- Antiquities

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This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamination of the mid-16th-century Popol Vuh, long considered an authoritative text, which is better understood as one among many crucial sources for the interpretation of ancient Maya art and myth. Using materials gathered across Mesoamerica, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos bridges the gap between written texts and artistic representations, identifying key mythical subjects and uncovering their variations in narratives and visual depictions. Central characters?including a secluded young goddess, a malevolent grandmother, a dead father, and the young gods who became the sun and the moon?are identified in pottery, sculpture, mural painting, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. Highlighting such previously overlooked topics as sexuality and generational struggles, this beautifully illustrated book paves the way for a new understanding of Maya myths and their lavish expression in ancient art.

Maya art --- Maya mythology. --- Mayas --- Themes, motives. --- Religion. --- Central America --- Mexico --- Central America. --- Mexico. --- Antiquities. --- Maya mythology --- Popol vuh