{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/maya/cbc/cbc02.htm","path":"nam/maya/cbc/cbc02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/maya/cbc/cbc02.htm","text":"| | PAGE | \n| Preface | xi | \n| Introduction | 3 | \n| Translation | 63 | \n| Chapter I. The ritual of the four world-quarters | 63 | \n| Chapter IL The rise of Hunac Ceel to power | 66 | \n| Chapter III. A prophecy for Katun 11 Ahau | 77 | \n| Chapter IV. The building of the mounds | 79 | \n| Chapter V. Memoranda concerning the history of Yucatan | 80 | \n| Chapter VI. Notes on the calendar | 84 | \n| Chapter VII. The armorial bearings of Yucatan | 86 | \n| Chapter VIII. Notes on astronomy | 86 | \n| Chapter IX. The interrogation of the chiefs | 88 | \n| Chapter X. The creation of the world | 98 | \n| Chapter X1. The rituals of the angels | 107 | \n| Chapter XII. A song of the Itz\u00e1 | 114 | \n| Chapter XIII. The creation of the uinal | 116 | \n| Chapter XIV. A history of the Spanish Conquest | 119 | \n| Chapter XV. The prophecy of Chilam Balam and the story of Antonio Martinez | 120 | \n| Chapter XVI. A chapter of questions and answers | 125 | \n| Chapter XVII. An incantation | 131 | \n| Chapter XVIII. A series of katun-prophecies | 132 | \n| Chapter XIX. The first chronicle | 135 | \n| Chapter XX. The second chronicle | 139 | \n| Chapter XXI. The third chronicle | 140 | \n| Chapter XXII. A book of katun-prophecies | 144 | \n| 1. Frontispiece | 144 | \n| 2. Historical introduction to the katun-prophecies | 145 | \n| 3. The katun-prophecies | 147 | \n| Chapter XXIII. The last judgment | 163 | \n| Chapter XXIV. Prophecies of a new religion | 164 | \n| Appendix A. The four world-quarters | 170 | \n| Appendix B. The sacrificial cenote at Chichen Itz\u00e1 | 173 | \n| Appendix C. The Hunac Ceel episode | 177 | \n| Appendix D. The Maya prophecies | 182 | \n| Appendix E. Traditions of caste and chieftainship among the Maya | 188 | \n| Appendix F. Toltec military orders in Yucatan | 196 | \n| Appendix G. The Americanization of Christianity | 201 | \n| Appendix H. Chronological summary | 204 | \n| Bibliography | 207 |","title":"Chilam Balam: Contents","type":"page"}