Chilam Balam
By Linkgua; Antonio Mediz BolioPublisher: Linkgua
EAN-13: 9788498166484ISBN-10: 8498166489
Book Description
The Chilam Balam (or the book of the divination of the things occult) is a collection of books written during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Mayan language in Mexico. These texts claim to contain the secrets of the Mayans and are an important source for the knowledge of the religion, history, folklore, medicine, and astronomy of that culture. It is supposed that they had a large number of books in the collection of Chilam Balam (denominated with the names of the towns in which they were written), but one a handful have survived to this day.El Chilam Balam (o el libro del adivino de las cosas ocultas) es una coleccin de libros escritos durante los siglos XVII y XVIII en lenguaje Maya, en el actual Mxico. Estos textos pretendieron contener los secretos de los mayas y son una fuente importante para el conocimiento de la religin, historia, folklore, medicina, y astronoma de dicha cultura. Se supone que hubo una cantidad mayor de libros en la coleccin de Chilam Balam (denominados con los nombres de lo pueblos en los que fueron escritos), pero solo un puado han sobrevivido hasta hoy.
Compare Bookstore Prices
Searching online bookstores for lowest available prices…
This book is currently reported out of stock for online purchase, but WorldCat can help locate a copy in a library near you:
Unable to retrieve store prices at this time.