{"product_id":"maya-sacred-geography-and-the-karen-bassie-sweet-9780806139579","title":"Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities: Volume 257","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe K'iche' Maya creation story preserved in the sixteenth-century manuscript \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e describes the origin of the world and its people in a setting long assumed to be the Guatemalan central highlands. Now a scholar with a deep knowledge of Maya history shows that all of these mythological events occurred at specific locations and that this landscape was the template for the Maya worldview.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the primary Maya deities, Karen Bassie-Sweet links geographic features to gods and beliefs. She reconstructs key elements of the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e to argue that the three volcanoes around Lake Atitlan were the three thunderbolt gods and that the lake was the center of the world. She also shows that the Maya view of the creation of humans is centered on corn and examines core beliefs about the corn cycle to propose that the creation myth was established much earlier in Maya history than previously supposed. Generously illustrated, \u003ci\u003eMaya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed ethnohistorical analysis of Maya religion, cosmology, and ritual practice that convincingly links mythology to the land. A comprehensive treatment of Maya religion, it provides an essential resource for scholars and will fascinate any reader captivated by these ancient beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Bassie-Sweet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806139579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806139579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2008 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Supplements\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2008 pg. 58","brand":"Karen Bassie-Sweet","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926252912895,"sku":"9780806139579","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_01131daf-6135-4ad6-8984-b2edd412c707.jpg?v=1681082047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maya-sacred-geography-and-the-karen-bassie-sweet-9780806139579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}