Time and the Highland Maya

260-day calendar Ajaw Ajmac Ak'abal Akabal alcalte ancestors astronomy baraj Batz begin blood movement C'at C'oxol cajxucut calendar diviners called calpul canton Cawuk ceremony Ch'uti Sabal Chichicastenango child born Chinique chirij client copal count coyopa cycle daykeeper divinatory divinatory calendar diviner's divining seeds earth east foundation shrine four glyph Guatemala highland illness Imöx indicates indigenous Ixil Joyan Junajpu K'anil k'ij ladino lightning lineage priest-shaman marriage Maya Mayan calendar Mayan languages Mesoamerica mixing mnemonics Momostecan Momostenango moon mother-fathers mountain Mundo municipality Nantat Nima Sabal No'j novice Paclom Paja patrilineage person piley Pipil Popol Vuh prayers priest priest-shaman pulse Quej question Quilaja rech ri nima rituals Sa'j Sabal Sachaj la numac saki Santa seeds and crystals shaman Socop solar calendar Spanish stars Swainson's hawks Tamancu teacher Tijax Tiox town priest-shaman twenty day names Tz'i Tz'iquin Tzitzimit visits woman Year-bearers yellow Yucatec zenith