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un- one- tek "plant" wop jahuacte tree un- tek wop one- "plant" {jahuacte tree} "one jahuacte tree" un- one- tsʼit "long.slender.object" wop jahuacte tree un- tsʼit wop one- {"long.slender.object"} {jahuacte tree} "one stick from a jahuacte tree" Possession The morphology of Mayan nouns is fairly simple: they inflect for number (plural or singular), and, when possessed, for person and number ...
Historically, the Chʼortiʼ Maya were located in the Ocotepeque and Copan departments, as well as in the northern strip of the Cortes and Santa Barbara departments. This geographical area extends all the way to El Salvador to the northwest and all the way to Chiquimula on the west, and to the Golfo Dulce to the north.
Huracán [1] (/ ˈ h ʊ r ə k ə n, ˈ h ʊ r ə k ɑː n /; Spanish: Huracán; Mayan languages: Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as U Kʼux Kaj, the "Heart of Sky", [2] is a Kʼicheʼ Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. [3]
Itzamná (Mayan pronunciation: [it͡samˈna]) is, in Maya mythology, an upper god and creator deity thought to reside in the sky. Itzamná is one of the most important gods in the Classic and Postclassic Maya pantheon. [1] Although little is known about him, scattered references are present in early-colonial Spanish reports (relaciones) and
When the Spanish first arrived in Mesoamerica, they ransacked the indigenous peoples' territory, often pillaging their temples and places of worship. Beyond this, the devoutly Catholic Spaniards found the standing Mesoamerican spiritual observances deeply offensive, and sought to either cover up or eradicate their practice.
Satellite view of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Maya civilization occupied the Maya Region, a wide territory that included southeastern Mexico and northern Central America; this area included the entire Yucatán Peninsula, and all of the territory now incorporated into the modern countries of Guatemala and Belize, as well as the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. [4]
The life-cycle of the maize, for instance, lies at the heart of Maya belief, but the role of the principal Maya maize god transcends the sphere of agriculture to embrace basic aspects of civilized life in general (such as writing). Deities have all sorts of social functions, related to such human activities as agriculture, midwifery, trade, and ...
Shortly afterwards, the Spanish were invited as allies into Iximche, the capital city of the Kaqchikel Maya. [85] Good relations did not last, due to excessive Spanish demands for gold as tribute, and the city was abandoned a few months later. [86] This was followed by the fall of Zaculeu, the Mam Maya capital, in 1525. [87]