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Re-Creating Primordial TimeVail, GabrielleHernández, Christine Re-Creating Primordial Time&#160;offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernández show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period.&#160;Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernández analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the&#160;Books of Chilam Balam, the&#160;Popol Vuh, and the&#160;Códice Chimalpopoca&#160;to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico,&#160;Re-Creating Primordial Time&#160;is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike.List of Figures  ixList of Tables  xvPreface: The Conceptual and Methodological Underpinnings of Our Study  xixAcknowledgments xxvii1: Introduction to the Maya Codices Appendix 11.1. The 260-Day Ritual Calendar (Tzolk’in) 172: Mexican Codices and Mythological Traditions 233: Mythological Episodes Related in Maya Sources Appendix 3.1. Maya Deities and Supernaturals 45Appendix 3.2. Chilam Balam Texts from K’atuns 13 Ahaw and 11 Ahaw 83Appendix 3.3. 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk’u in Classic Period Texts 894: World Renewal in the Dresden Codex: The Yearbearer Ceremonies 97Appendix 4.1. Deities in the Dresden Yearbearer Almanac 132Appendix 4.2. Iconography and Text of the Dresden Yearbearer Almanac 138Appendix 4.3. Almanac on Dresden 31b–35b 1495: Flood Episodes and Crocodilians in the Maya Codices 155Appendix 5.1. Calculation of Base Dates in the Preface to the Water Tables 1846: Creation Mythology in Reference to Chaak, Chak Chel, and Mars in the Maya Codices 191Appendix 6.1. Preface to Dresden Upper Seasonal Table 218Appendix 6.2. Calendrical Structure, Dating, and Iconography of Borgia 27 and 28 2287: Creation Mythology in the Dresden Venus Table and Related Almanacs 229Appendix 7.1. Reckoning Predictive Dates of Venus’ Visibility and Invisibility in the Dresden Venus Table 330Appendix 7.2. Hieroglyphic Texts on D. 24 and 46–50 333Appendix 7.3. Notes on Deities: Dresden Venus Table 3398: Madrid Yearbearer Celebrations and Creation Mythology 355Appendix 8.1. Texts Associated with the Madrid Yearbearer Almanac 3769: World Renewal Ceremonies in the Madrid Codex 38510: A Reconsideration of Maya Deities Associated with Creation 411Appendix 10.1. Captions to Mars Table 45711: Cosmology in the Maya Codices 461References Cited 469Index 493Editeur : Boulder : University Press of ColoradoDate de parution : 2013Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVII-503 p.) : ill., jaquette ill. en coul. ; 24 cm Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 469-492. Index ISBN 978-1-60732-220-7 (rel.). - ISBN 978-1-60732-221-4 (éd. numérique) Absent à la BnF (en 2020)MADRID-Casa de VelázquezPARIS-Médiathèque MQBDisponible en ligne (payant), url : &#60;https://muse.jhu.edu/book/26154&#62;. ((Gratuit dans le cadre de la pandémie de COVID-19.))