Suzanne Cook

Xurt'an (eBook, ePUB)

The End of the World and Other Myths, Songs, Charms, and Chants by the Northern Lacandones of Naha'

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Produktbeschreibung

Xurt'an (the end of the world) showcases the rich storytelling traditions of the northern Lacandones of Naha' through a collection of traditional narratives, songs, and ritual speech. Formerly isolated in the dense, tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, the Lacandon Maya constitute one of the smallest language groups in the world. Although their language remains active and alive, their traditional culture was abandoned after the death of their religious and civic leader in 1996. Lacking the traditional contexts in which the culture was transmitted, the oral traditions are quickly being forgotten. This collection includes creation myths that describe the cycle of destruction and renewal of the world, the structure of the universe, the realms of the gods and their intercessions in the affairs of their mortals, and the journey of the souls after death. Other traditional stories are non-mythic and fictive accounts involving talking animals, supernatural beings, and malevolent beings that stalk and devour hapless victims. In addition to traditional narratives, Xurt'an presents many songs that are claimed to have been received from the Lord of Maize, magical charms that invoke the forces of the natural world, invocations to the gods to heal and protect, and work songs of Lacandon women, whose contribution to Lacandon culture has been hitherto overlooked by scholars. Women's songs offer a rare glimpse into the other half of Lacandon society and the arduous distaff work that sustained the religion. The compilation concludes with descriptions of rainbows, the Milky Way as "the white road of Our Lord," and an account of the solstices. Transcribed and translated by a foremost linguist of the northern Lacandon language, the literary traditions of the Lacandones are finally accessible to English readers. The result is a masterful and authoritative collection of oral literature that will both entertain and provoke, while vividly testifying to the power of Lacandon Maya aesthetic expression.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496216373
• Artikelnr.: 60864011

Autorenporträt

Suzanne Cook is an adjunct professor of linguistics at the University of Victoria. She is a former project director and principal investigator of the Volkswagen Foundation–sponsored Lacandon Cultural Heritage Project and the author of The Forest of the Lacandon Maya: An Ethnobotanical Guide.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Hach Winik ‘True People’ The Lacandones Northern Lacandon Oral Literature Part 2. Myths Birth of the Gods Bor Mäax Hachäkyum and Akyant
o
Create Their People and Kisin Creates Their Onen Bor Mäax Hachäkyum Makes the Ants and Snakes Antonio Martinez Hachäkyum Makes the Sky Bor Mäax Ulu
ubir Bäarkäan Umentik Pethä ‘A Star Falls and Creates the Lagoon’ Antonio Martinez Hachäkyum yeter T
uup yeter Kisin ‘Hachäkyum, T
uup, and the Devil’ Bor Mäax Hachäkyum yeter T
uup yeter Chäk Xib ‘Hachäkyum, T
uup, and Chäk Xib’ Bor Mäax Hachäkyum Uxatik Uche
ir Ukaar ‘Hachäkyum Cuts the Mortals’ Throats’ Bor Mäax Äkiche
ex ‘Our Eyes’ Bor Mäax Nacimiento ‘Birth’ Bor Mäax Uyählehir Bah ‘The Mole Trapper’ Bor Mäax Xurt
an Uburur ‘The World Ends with the Flood’ Bor Mäax Akyant
o
No Permite Uxurt
an ‘Akyant
o
Prevents the End of the World’ Bor Mäax
Ähah Antonio Martinez Käwäts
äk uho
or Barum yeter K
ak
‘The Two-Headed Jaguar and the Lord of Fire’ Säk Ho
or Mensäbäk yeter Hach Winik Tukinsah ‘Mensäbäk and the Ancestor He Killed’ K
ayum Mäax Kak
och yeter Uk
ani(r) Hach Winik ‘Kak
och and His Human Assistant’ Bor Mäax Ak
inchob Takes a Human Wife Antonio Martinez Part 3. Popular Stories Maya Kimin ‘The Mayan Death’ Säk Ho
or Chäk Xok ‘The Sirens’ Bor Mäax Nukuch Winik yeter Uti
äar yeter Ahyäaxche
‘The Ancestor, His Son, and the Ceiba Tree’ Bor Mäax Haayok
Bor Mäax Ko
otir Käan ‘The Celestial Eagle’ Bor Mäax Uyitber ‘He at the End of the Road’ Bor Mäax Kak
och yeter Uyitber ‘Kak
och and the Yitber’ Bor Mäax Want
ut
k
in Säk Ho
or P
ikbir Ts
on yeter Kisin ‘The Rifle and Kisin’ Säk Ho
or
Ayim yetel Chem ‘The Crocodile and the Canoe’ Säk Ho
or Ahsaay ‘The Leafcutter Ants’ Bor Mäax Aht
u
ur yeter Barum ‘The Rabbit and the Puma’ Säk Ho
or Ch
ämäk yeter Chäk Barum ‘The Fox and the Puma’ Bor Mäax Hachäkyum yeter Ahbäb ‘Hachäkyum and the Toad’ Säk Ho
or Pek
yeter
Ayim ‘The Dog and the Crocodile’ Säk Ho
or How the Toucan Got His Red Beak Antonio Martinez Part 4. Songs Uk
aay Barum ‘The Jaguar Song’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aay Box ‘The Gourd Song’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aay Käkah ‘The Cacao Song’ Juana Koh Uk
aay Käy ‘Fish Song’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aay ti
Huuch
‘Song for Grinding’ Juana Koh Uk
aay ti
K
uuch ‘Song for Spinning Thread’ Juana Koh Uk
aay Torok ‘The Iguana Song’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aayir Mäax ‘Song of the Monkeys’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aayir Tok
‘Song of the Flint’ Antonio Martinez Uk
aayir Xux ‘Song of the Yellow Jacket Wasps’ Säk Ho
or Part 5. Ritual Speech: Invocations, Chants, and Charms Ahhooch
‘The Hooch
’ Juana Koh Ahts
in ‘The Manioc’ Juana Koh An Offering Chant during the Preparation of Balche
Antonio Martinez Offering under a Tree Antonio Martinez Ut
anir Bäche
‘The Secret of the Balche
’ Antonio Martinez Part 6. Descriptions of Meteorological and Astral Phenomena
Äxp
äri
‘The Solstice’ Antonio Martinez Lu
um Kab ‘The Rainbow Gods’ Bor Mäax Säkber Akyum ‘Our Lord’s White Road’ Antonio Martinez Appendix 1: Lacandon Onen, Ceremonial Names, and Distribution Appendix 2: Gods and Men in Lacandon Mythology Notes References