Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Paradigms in the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs, Past and Present
Toward a New Paradigm
Contrast and Complementarity in Language
Contrast and Complementarity in Mythology
Contrast and Complementarity between Text and Image
The Composition of a Classic-Period Monument
The Organization of This Book
Chapter 1: The Creator Grandparents and the Place of Duality
The Nomenclature and Manifestations of Maya Deities
The Multiple Manifestations of Deities and Humans
The Triad of Thunderbolt Gods
The Thunderbolt Deity GI
The Thunderbolt Deity GIII
The Thunderbolt Deity GII
The Meteor Deity Tlaloc
The Creator Grandparents and Complementary Opposition
The Waters of the Place of Duality
The Waterlily Bird-Serpent and the Waters of the Place of Duality
Water Shrines
The Sky
The Quadrilateral World of the Creator Deities
House Metaphors
The Hearthstones
Heat
The Place of Duality in the Sky
The Sun God
The K’inich and K’inich Ajaw Titles
The Number Four God
Flower Motifs and the Place of Duality
Sky and Earth Gods as a Class of Deities
Summary
The Second Generation of Creator Deities
The Third Generation of Creator Deities
The Wisdom and Knowledge of the Creator Deities
The Complementary Opposition of the Deities
The Moon and Complementary Opposition
Impersonations of One Moon and Lady Moon
Summary
Chapter 3: The Calendar and the Narrative Time Frame
The Divination and Solar Calendars
The Long Count
The Lunar Series
Patron Gods of the K’atun Period
The Mythological Period Ending Event of 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk’u
Periods of 900 Days
The Narrative Time Frame
Variation
Summary
Chapter 4: The Literary Nature of Mayan Texts, Ancient and Modern
Categories of Speech
Poetry in a Modern Maya Text
Narrative Structure of Modern Texts
The Sarcophagus Lid Text of the Palenque Temple of the Inscriptions
The Palenque Palace Tablet of House A-D
Distance Number Treatment
Topical Divisions of the Text
Distance Number Introductory Glyphs
Elaboration and Relative Weight
Summary
Semantic Markers in Maya Art
Text and Image Interchange in Headdress Motifs
Text and Image Interchange in Place Names
Text and Image Placement: Framing and Bracketing
Visual Focus
Verbal Couplets
Visual Couplets
The Poetic Structure of Co-Essences Vessels
Chiasmus Structure
Text and Image Couplets
Sequential Couplets on the Palenque Temple XIX Platform
The Couplet Structure of the Palenque Temple XXI Bench
Reversed Texts as Chiasmus Structure
Summary
The Historical Background of the Protagonist
The Setting of the Monument
The Tablet of the 96 Glyphs Narrative
Literary Devices: Focus
Literary Devices: Fronting and Promotion
Visual Variations
Summary
The Setting
The Tomb
The Sarcophagus Lid Scene
The Sarcophagus Lid Text
Two Alternative Analyses
The Sarcophagus Box
The Secondary Lords of the Sarcophagus Lid
The Death and Afterlife of K’inich Janaab Pakal I
Summary
The Setting
Peripheral Cross Group Texts
The Alfardas
The Sanctuary Jambs
The Sanctuary Piers
The Tablet of the Cross
The Main Text of the Tablet of the Cross
The Main Texts of the Temples of the Sun and Foliated Cross
The Reading Order of the Three Cross Group Tablets
The Place Names in the Cross Group Narrative
The Location of the Tablet of the Cross Scene
The Location of the Tablet of the Sun Scene
The Location of the Tablet of the Foliated Cross Scene
GII and the Jester God
Summary
Chapter 9: Conclusions
References
Index