Chilam Balam
The books of Chilam Balam are manuscripts Mayan written in Yucatan during the two centuries since the Spanish conquest. They are written in Yucatec , but in Latin characters. Their name comes from the words "Chilan (n changes to m before the letter b), meaning" prophet, seer "and" balam "which means" jaguar. " "Chilam Balam" means an individual, priest, prophet, shaman, who had announced the arrival of the Spaniards. To distinguish them, they are named after the city where they were written: there is a labor Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel of Tizimin of Mani , of Kaua or to Ixil. There is also a collection of the nineteenth century called Perez codex , which contains texts disappeared. These writings deal with the Mayan calendar , chronicle historical prophecies and traditional myths as the myth of creation. They also contain advice and medicinal recipes. There is a mixture of pre-Columbian and concepts borrowed from the European culture.
Bibliography
- Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel, Denol, 1955 (translated from Spanish and presented by Benjamin Peret)
- Robert J. Sharer, The Ancient Maya, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1994
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