Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Illustrations
The Maya Calendars
Maya Deities
Patron Gods
Sacred Bundles
The Titles and Offices of Ajaw, Kaloomte’, and Bakab
Offerings of Incense and the Ch’ajom Title
The Banded-Bird Office of Secondary Lords
Other Secondary Offices
Historical Accounts of War at the Time of the Spanish Conquest
The Classic Period Conflicts
The Words of War
The Scenes of War
The Chahk Deities
The Three Thunderbolt Gods
Thunderbolt Axes
Categories of Lithic Materials
Representations of Lithic Material in Art and Hieroglyphic Writing
Representations of Flint
The Thunderbolt Authority of Maya Lords
The Bakab Title
The Thunderbolt Authority of Ancestors
Lightning Luminosity and the T24/T1017 Celt Sign
The Spark and Fire of Lightning
The Torch of the Chahk Deities
Corn Deities and the Torch of K’awiil
Itzamnaaj K’awiil and Fiery Thunderbolts
Torches as Weapons of Destruction
The Tok’-Pakal
Summary
2. The Flint and Fire Deity GIII
Solar Models and Myths
The Heat of the Sun
The Morning Star and the Sun
The Sun God
The Celestial Place of Duality
The K’inich Title and the K’inich Ajaw Title
Seventh Centipede Raptorial Bird
The Dawning Sun
The Deity GI and His Quadripartite Badge Headdress
The Names and Titles of the Deity GIII
The Fire and Flint Traits of GIII and the Jaguar Paddler God
Flint, Centipedes, and Volcanic Fire
Centipedes and Fiery Transformations
Summary
Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets
The Mythology of Meteors and Obsidian
Representations of Obsidian
The Traits of Tlaloc
Waxaklajuun Ub’aah Kan as a Manifestation of Tlaloc
Felines
The Feline Tlaloc
The Black Witch Moth Tlaloc
The Ominous Nature of Owls
Representations of Owls
When an Owl Is Not an Owl
The Owl Tlaloc
The Janaab Owl
Summary
4. The Kaloomte’ Lords
The First Kaloomte’ Lord of the Kaanul Polity
Tikal and the Kaloomte’ Foliated Jaguar
Tikal and the Kaloomte’ Sihyaj K’ahk’
The Kaloomte’ Spearthrower Owl
The Tikal King Yax Nuun Ahiin I
The Copán King K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’
Where in the World Is Jo’ Tinam Witz?
Where in the World Is the Wiinte’naah?
The Later Kaloomte’ Lords
Summary
The Headdress of a Kaloomte’
The Ux Yop Huun Headdress
The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Palenque
The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Piedras Negras
The Hereditary Headdress of Turtle Tooth
Hereditary Bloodletters and Wooden Boxes
How to Become a Kaloomte’
The Office of Yajawk’ak’
The Yajawk’ak’ Lord of the Palenque King K’inich Kan Bahlam II
The Yajawk’ak’ Lord of the Palenque King K’inich K’an Joy Chitam II
Tlaloc Executioners
The Juxtaposing of the Deity GIII and Tlaloc
Summary
The Tlaloc Cult at Yaxchilán
The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 23
The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 21
The Mysterious Lady Ohl
The Kaloomte’ Women of Yaxchilán
The Kaloomte’ Lady Six Sky of Dos Pilas and Naranjo
Summary
7. God L: An Obsidian and Mercantile Deity
The Diagnostic Traits and Nature of God L
The Home of God L
Gathered Blood: The Maternal Grandfather of the Hero Twins
Xucaneb and the Cobán Plateau Trade Route
Xucaneb, Gathered Blood, and God L
The River Gods
Summary
Summary and Conclusion
Notes
References
Index