Maya Gods of War.

• Author: Bassie-Sweet, Karen.
• Place / Publishing House: Chicago : : University Press of Colorado,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (341 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Illustrations -- The Organization of This Book -- The Maya Calendars -- Maya Deities -- Patron Gods -- Sacred Bundles -- The Titles and Offices of Ajaw, Kaloomte', and Bakab -- Offerings of Incense and the Ch'ajom Title -- The Banded-Bird Office of Secondary Lords -- Other Secondary Offices -- Historical Accounts of War at the Time of the Spanish Conquest -- The Classic Period Conflicts -- The Words of War -- The Scenes of War -- 1. The Chahk Thunderbolt Deities and Flint Weapons -- The Chahk Deities -- The Three Thunderbolt Gods -- Thunderbolt Axes -- Categories of Lithic Materials -- Representations of Lithic Material in Art and Hieroglyphic Writing -- Representations of Flint -- The Thunderbolt Authority of Maya Lords -- The Bakab Title -- The Thunderbolt Authority of Ancestors -- Lightning Luminosity and the T24/T1017 Celt Sign -- The Lightning Luminosity of Maya Lords -- The Spark and Fire of Lightning -- The Torch of the Chahk Deities -- Corn Deities and the Torch of K'awiil -- Itzamnaaj K'awiil and Fiery Thunderbolts -- Torches as Weapons of Destruction -- The Tok'-Pakal -- Summary -- 2. The Flint and Fire Deity GIII -- Solar Models and Myths -- The Heat of the Sun -- The Morning Star and the Sun -- The Sun God -- The Celestial Place of Duality -- The K'inich Title and the K'inich Ajaw Title -- Seventh Centipede Raptorial Bird -- The Dawning Sun -- The T183 K'in Bowl -- The Deity GI and His Quadripartite Badge Headdress -- The Names and Titles of the Deity GIII -- The Fire and Flint Traits of GIII and the Jaguar Paddler God -- Flint Blades and Jaguar Claws -- Flint, Centipedes, and Volcanic Fire -- Centipedes and Fiery Transformations -- Summary -- 3. Classic Maya Tlaloc Deities and Their Obsidian Meteor Weapons -- Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets.

The Mythology of Meteors and Obsidian -- Representations of Obsidian -- The Traits of Tlaloc -- Waxaklajuun Ub'aah Kan as a Manifestation of Tlaloc -- Felines -- The Feline Tlaloc -- The Black Witch Moth Tlaloc -- The Ominous Nature of Owls -- Representations of Owls -- When an Owl Is Not an Owl -- The Owl Tlaloc -- The Janaab Owl -- Ancestors as Meteors -- Summary -- 4. The Kaloomte' Lords -- The First Kaloomte' Lord of the Kaanul Polity -- Tikal and the Kaloomte' Foliated Jaguar -- Tikal and the Kaloomte' Sihyaj K'ahk' -- The Kaloomte' Spearthrower Owl -- The Tikal King Yax Nuun Ahiin I -- The Copán King K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' -- Where in the World Is Jo' Tinam Witz? -- Where in the World Is the Wiinte'naah? -- The Later Kaloomte' Lords -- Summary -- 5. The Offices and Regalia of the Tlaloc Cult -- The Headdress of a Kaloomte' -- The Ux Yop Huun Headdress -- The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Palenque -- The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Piedras Negras -- The Hereditary Headdress of Turtle Tooth -- Hereditary Bloodletters and Wooden Boxes -- How to Become a Kaloomte' -- The Office of Yajawk'ak' -- The Yajawk'ak' Lord of the Palenque King K'inich Kan Bahlam II -- The Yajawk'ak' Lord of the Palenque King K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II -- Tlaloc Executioners -- The Juxtaposing of the Deity GIII and Tlaloc -- Summary -- 6. Women in the Tlaloc Cult -- The Tlaloc Cult at Yaxchilán -- The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 23 -- The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 21 -- The Mysterious Lady Ohl -- The Kaloomte' Women of Yaxchilán -- The Kaloomte' Lady Six Sky of Dos Pilas and Naranjo -- Summary -- 7. God L: An Obsidian and Mercantile Deity -- The Diagnostic Traits and Nature of God L -- The Home of God L -- Gathered Blood: The Maternal Grandfather of the Hero Twins -- Xucaneb and the Cobán Plateau Trade Route -- Xucaneb, Gathered Blood, and God L.

The River Gods -- Summary -- Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.