Chilam Balam: Contents

CONTENTS

	Preface	xi
Introduction	3
Translation	63
Chapter I. The ritual of the four world-quarters	63
Chapter IL The rise of Hunac Ceel to power	66
Chapter III. A prophecy for Katun 11 Ahau	77
Chapter IV. The building of the mounds	79
Chapter V. Memoranda concerning the history of Yucatan	80
Chapter VI. Notes on the calendar	84
Chapter VII. The armorial bearings of Yucatan	86
Chapter VIII. Notes on astronomy	86
Chapter IX. The interrogation of the chiefs	88
Chapter X. The creation of the world	98
Chapter X1. The rituals of the angels	107
Chapter XII. A song of the Itzá	114
Chapter XIII. The creation of the uinal	116
Chapter XIV. A history of the Spanish Conquest	119
Chapter XV. The prophecy of Chilam Balam and the story of Antonio Martinez	120
Chapter XVI. A chapter of questions and answers	125
Chapter XVII. An incantation	131
Chapter XVIII. A series of katun-prophecies	132
Chapter XIX. The first chronicle	135
Chapter XX. The second chronicle	139
Chapter XXI. The third chronicle	140
Chapter XXII. A book of katun-prophecies	144
1. Frontispiece	144
2. Historical introduction to the katun-prophecies	145
3. The katun-prophecies	147
Chapter XXIII. The last judgment	163
Chapter XXIV. Prophecies of a new religion	164
Appendix A. The four world-quarters	170
Appendix B. The sacrificial cenote at Chichen Itzá	173
Appendix C. The Hunac Ceel episode	177
Appendix D. The Maya prophecies	182
Appendix E. Traditions of caste and chieftainship among the Maya	188
Appendix F. Toltec military orders in Yucatan	196
Appendix G. The Americanization of Christianity	201
Appendix H. Chronological summary	204
Bibliography	207