Book
An epoch of miracles: oral literature of the Yucatec Maya
University of Texas Press • Austin • Published In 1983 • Pages: xiv, 266
By: Burns, Allan F. (Allan Frank).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Burns has collected from four informants examples of Mayan oral tradition, including origin myths, historical narratives or counsels, curing tales, riddles and jokes. He relates this tradtion to Mayan ecology, history, leadership, and production. He classifies the different kinds of Mayan converstation and speech and shows how most oral tradition is performed as a dialogue that requires an interlocutor. He includes the original Yucatec Mayan of some of the stories.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ticul, Yucatán, and Señor, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- translated with commentaries by Allan F. Burns ; foreword by Dennis Tedlock
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-266)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82008508
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas