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HUM 2461 Humanities of Latin America Spring 2013

Day 5. HUM 2461 Humanities of Latin America Spring 2013. Attendance Homework #2 for Thursday Lecture on Mayas & Popol Vuh Popol Vuh : discussion. Homework # for Thursday:. A. Study Days 5 and 6: “ Pre-Aztecs" materials. Next homework (#2). Native Brazilian People on Day 7.

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HUM 2461 Humanities of Latin America Spring 2013

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  1. Day 5 HUM 2461Humanities of Latin AmericaSpring 2013 • Attendance • Homework #2 for Thursday • Lecture on Mayas & Popol Vuh • Popol Vuh: discussion

  2. Homework # for Thursday: A. Study Days 5 and 6: “Pre-Aztecs" materials Next homework (#2)

  3. Native Brazilian People on Day 7 Dr. Zacarias

  4. Where is this? Tikal: Guatemala

  5. 1. Who is this? 3QuestIons Hasaw Chan K’awil 2. What is he known for? Tikal’s greatest lord;Pyramids I & II 3. What century C.E? 8th century686-734

  6. Triangle at Tikal

  7. Mayas * Mayan art

  8. Stela Hlimestone carvingMaya site: CopánHonduras782 C.E.horror vacuiadmirationature

  9. Mayaball playerterra cottapolychromefigurine8th century

  10. E: Child to court; S: 336 days later; W: procession of lords; N: musicians

  11. Chac: the Rain God: discussion • 1974 / 1999 • Director: Rolando Klein (Chile / L.A.) • Time: 95 minutes • México / Chile • Southern México • Language(s): Mayan (Tzotzil Maya / Yukatek Maya)

  12. Notes on Popol Vuh Book of the People

  13. Notes on Popol Vuh (1) 2500 BCE – 1550 CE: oral text Myth: "gift of Quetzalcóatl to humans" 353 CE: Mayas invent 365-day calendar ca. 1550: Maya Quiché MS literary masterpiece religious masterpiece (partially) syncretic text (Maya-Christian)

  14. Notes on Popol Vuh (2) Toltec / Aztec influence 900 – 1500 military & religious terms Place: Utatlán, Guatemala (sacred geography) Rivers, mountains, highlands, volcanoes, valleys Quiché came from Tula (myth) Popol Vuh: chronicle of one lineage: Kaveks of Quiché Pedro de Alvarado conquered Quichés 1524-1525

  15. Notes on Popol Vuh (3) ca. 1550: Maya Quiché MS Author/scribe: Diego Reynoso, town councilman Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala Santa Cruz del Quiché = Utatlán ca. 1700: Fr. Francisco Ximénez Spanish translation Newberry Library, Chicago

  16. Notes on Popol Vuh (4) Opening 2 lines: Are, u xe 'oher tzih. Varal K'iche, u bi. • This is the root of the former word. • Here is Quiché by name.

  17. Notes on Popol Vuh (5) Genre: near-heroic myth and history no single hero myth and history of a people (Quiché Maya) origins to 1550 Coherent literary work order, scope, unity, episodes Popol Vuh: totality of the Maya Epoch Next Epoch: "Holy Cross"

  18. Notes on Popol Vuh (6) 4 Mythic Cycles 1st Cycle: wood "men" puppets (to line 820) 2nd Cycle: destruction of 7 Parrot & sons (l. 1674) 3rd Cycle: Hero twins become Sun & Moon (l. 4708) 4th Cycle: ½ of whole text (men learn to pray) first Fathers to present Heart of Heaven & Earth

  19. Notes on Popol Vuh (7) Quiché people in 4th creation First Fathers, from corn by creator Quiché: most powerful Maya in Guatemala in 1550 Modern Quiché call their language Cakchiquel Quiché society: patriarchal, patrilineal, patrilocal "God" in Quiché: Dios qahavixel Public religious drama / private divination

  20. Notes on Popol Vuh (8) Quiché (Yucatán, Aztec) calendar: sacred mystery Quiché "count of days" 260 days (13 deified numbers x 20 days) Solar calendar: 18 months x 20 days) + 5 year cycles only begin on 4 days (of 20 days) 13-year cycle x 4 beginning days = 52 years

  21. 1. Describe this…2. What is this?3. Key Term? 1. Your words…2. Terra cotta figurine; sacrifice victim3. Realism + myth (?)

  22. 1. Describe this…2. What is this?3. Is this Realism? 4. Key Term? 1. Your words… 2. Bas-relief stone carving3. Vision quest4. Mythical stylization

  23. Mayas Yucatán

  24. See you Tuesday Hasta el martes À mardi Até terça feira

  25. See you Thursday Hasta el jueves À jeudi Até quinta feira

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