Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps xi
Foreword Stephen Houston xv
Translator's Preface Allen J. Christenson xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction: Highland Maya Land Titles 3
K'iche' History 11
Authorship of the Title of Totonicapán 22
History of the Title of Totonicapán Manuscript 27
Fr. Domingo de Vico and the Theologia Indorum 31
The Poetic Structure of the Title of Totonicapán 40
Orthography and Pronunciation Guide 49
The Title of Totonicapán 53
Diagram of Chi Q'umarkaj 54
Coat of Arms 58
Section 1 Maya Synthesis of the Tbeologia Indorum 61
The Creation of the Earth 61
The Organization of the Heavens 64
The Creation of Adam 70
Adam and Eve in the Earthly Paradise 74
The Story of Cain and Abel 77
The Changing of the Languages at the Great Tower 79
The Story of Moses in Egypt 80
The Story of the Migrations of Israel 84
The Later Prophets 85
The Return from Babylonia 86
Section 2 The History and Traditions of the K'iche' People 90
The Origins in the Place Where the Sun Emerges 90
The Journey from the Place Where the Sun Emerges 96
The Beginning of Sacrifices 100
The Division of the K'iche' People 101
Beginning of the Disappearances from among the Seven Nations 105
The First War with the Seven Nations 106
The Second War with the Seven Nations 107
The Third Attempt to Defeat the K'iche' 109
The Journey of K'oka'ib' to the Place Where the Sun Emerges 112
The Journey to the Place Where the Sun Emerges as Told by Diego Reynoso 117
The Lineage of the Founders of the K'iche' People 122
The Arrival of the First Dawn 123
The Disappearance of the Four Progenitots 128
The First Twenty-two Settlements of the K'iche' Migration 129
The Titles of Authority Established at Chi Ismachi' 135
The Tokens of Authority Brought from the Place Where the Sun Emerges 137
The Marriage of K'otuja to a Daughter of the Malaj Tz'utujil 145
The War with the Ajtz'ikinaja of Lake Atitlán 150
The Rebellion of the Ilokab' at Chi Ismachi' 152
The Successors of B'alam K'itze' 154
The Establishment of Chi Q'umarkaj 155
The Defeat of Those Who Killed the Lord K'otuja Q'ukumatz 157
The Great Dance of Tojil at Chi Q'umarkaj 159
The Tokens of Authority of the K'iche' Lords 164
The Twenty-four Great Houses of the K'iche at Chi Q'umarkaj 166
The Names and Titles of the Nine Great Houses of the Kaweqib' 166
Representatives of the Nine Great Houses Ate Sent Forth 167
Military Sentinels Are Commissioned 168
The Establishment of Military Outposts 171
The Campaign against Lake Atitlan and the South Coast 177
Literal English Translation with Parallel K'iche' Text in Modern Orthography 187
K'iche' Text with Original Sixteenth-Century Parra Orthography 319
Maps 383
References 387
Index 399
