Ritual of the Bicabs: A Book of Maya Incantations

by Ralph L Roys

Book Overview

"Roys has provided anthropologists, student of linguistics, and historians with an exceptional study of interest and value." The Americas "It deserves to rank with Popol Vuh and The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel as the greatest of Maya documents yet published." Journal of the West The Mayas believed the four gods, the Bacabs, held up the sky. The Bacabs were also invoked to heal disease. Ritual of the Bacabs: A Book of Maya Incantations is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806111216
• ISBN13: 9780806111216
• Release Date: October 1965
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"