K'iche'an Divinatory Calendars (Other Keyword)

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Maya Daykeeping: Three Calendars from Highland Guatemala (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Weeks. Sachse Franke. Christian M. Prager.

In Maya Daykeeping, three divinatory calendars from highland Guatemala - examples of a Mayan literary tradition that includes the Popul Vuh, Annals of the Cakchiquels, and the Titles of the Lords of Totonicapan - dating to 1685, 1722, and 1855, are transcribed in K'iche or Kaqchikel side-by-side with English translations. Calendars such as these continue to be the basis for prognostication, determining everything from the time for planting and harvest to foreshadowing illness and death. Good,...