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.