Ritual of the Bacabs is the name given to a manuscript from the Yucatán containing shamanistic incantations written in the Yucatec Maya language. The...

water deposits. The Bacabs have more recent counterparts in the lecherous, drunken old thunder deities of the Gulf Coast regions. The Bacabs are also referred...

the Popol Vuh, the Ritual of the Bacabs, and (at least in part) the various Chilam Balam books Secondary sources, chiefly Spanish treatises from the colonial...

Kimil, "Lord of Death" in Yucatán and (Ah) Pukuh in Chiapas. The name Hun Ahau ("One Lord") appears frequently in the Ritual of the Bacabs, but is never...

containing little idols of "the Goddess of medicine whom they called Ixchel" were brought forward. In the Ritual of the Bacabs, Ixchel is once called "grandmother"...

deity. The patron deity of the month of Pax has jaguar paws above his ears, a removed lower jaw, and vomits blood. In 16th-century Yucatán, rituals held...

Cimil means lord of death while Hun Ahau means one ruler. Ah Puch means to melt. He is considered the brother of Nohochacyum and Bacabs. According to Lacandon...

of the interior of the earth and of thunder, sky-carrier, sometimes depicted as four Bacabs that each represent the directions. The jaguar god of the...

approach', as represented by the Ritual of the Bacabs. 6. Spanish traditions Roman Catholic instruction: feast days of the saints, tracts, and prayers...

In Maya narrative, the origin of many natural and cultural phenomena is set out, often with the moral aim of defining the ritual relationship between...

the killing of humans or animals, or bloodletting by members of the community, in rituals superintended by priests. Sacrifice has been a feature of almost...

1965. The Ritual of the Bacabs, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Redfield, Robert & Villa Rojas, 1962. Chan Kom: a Maya Village. Field Museum of Natural...

the Bacabs). Goddess I thereby appears to function as a general mother of disease. Carrying a deity or a symbol in a carrying-strap on her back: The deity...

the four Bacabs and Pauahtuns into one concept. The Bacabs were aged deities governing the subterranean sphere and its water supplies. In the Classic period...

Virginia Art Museum. OCLC 9073379. Roys, Ralph Loveland (1965). Ritual of the Bacabs. University of Oklahoma Press. OCLC 492341. Villa Rojas, Alfonso (December...

all of its features. More generally, Itzamná was the creator of humankind, and also the father of Bacab (Francisco Hernández), a fourfold deity of the interior...

Death rituals were an important part of Maya religion. The Maya greatly respected death; they were taught to fear it and grieved deeply for the deceased...

of a province"), known as the halach uinic ('true man'), is defined both as a 'governor' and a 'bishop'. Without a grounding in esoteric and ritual knowledge...

concepts through religious practice. The existence of such rituals is inferred from the frequent occurrence of so-called 'dedication' or 'votive' cache...

the Bacabs performed the same function. As well as their four main aspects, the Bakabs had dozens of other aspects that are not well understood. The four...

(Bacab). They are as follows: Hobnil, Bacab of the East, associated with the color red and the Kan years Can Tzicnal, Bacab of the North, assigned the...

this ritual, they renew their faith and/or try to bring about a practical result. In the Maya faith, the believers may make a pilgrimage at any time of the...

Ah-Muzen-Cab in Chapter I: The Ritual of the Four World Corners, and Chapter X: The Creation of the World. In it, Ah Muzen Cab represents the East and North. He...

and Copan have supports showing cosmological carriers (Bacabs, Chaaks). Stone sculpture in the round is especially known from Copan and Toniná. It is...

associated with bees and beekeeping under the name or aspect of Mok Chi'. Hobnil, the Bacab who represents the East, may be associated with bees and beehives...

encountered ritual activity in a traditionally non-ritual context at the back of the structure. Stela 1 and Altar 1 were located at the rear, in front of a tomb...

again. The remains of a turtle were excavated from the plaza immediately in front of the temple and may have represented one of the bacabs (a class of mythical...