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Chilam Balam: Contents

| | PAGE | | 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 |