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So I was reading from a book of Mayan myths and I read a story where a louse had to get to a meeting so a frog offered to take him in his mouth but the frog couldn’t go fast enough so a snake offered to take him in his mouth, and then a hawk offered to take the snake in his mouth be the hawk was even faster. This reminded me of how the fox offered to take the gingerbread man across the river only to eat him. Perhaps the author of the Gingerbread man story read this myth and got inspiration from it? I don’t know just speculation.

Hello, I was wondering if I could have help with translating something into a Mayan version. I hope this an alright question to ask here and let me know if there is a better location. I am in the process of writing something where the source material takes inspiration from pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, specifically Mayan. To pay homage I wanted to make the title in Mayan but source material on translation is not great but I tried my best.

The phrase I am looking to translate is "The Twin Suns" and to the best of my abilities from sources I believe Ni' Iich K'inoob is a close approximation. Ni' being used as a definitive article in the same nature as English use of "the". iich from what I can tell, is used for the word "twin:, among other things. Then lastly sun is K'in and to pluralize it the adage of -oob turns it into Suns.

Let me know what I got wrong and whether certain words need to be moved around to make it be readable in Mayan.

Does anyone know where to find this book? I can’t find anything online - how to buy (out of stock or out of print) or if a PDF exists.

Astronomy in the Maya Codices Harvey M. Bricker and Victoria R. Bricker 2011

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Being side buying mayan art when possible for 25 years. Went to Chitzen Itza last week. Crazy busy 15000 people there. Things have sure changed. Hundreds of vendors. Kept it cool but found 1/1 after shopping for 3 hours. Dickered hard and I feel paid a fair price. Never seen anything like it. Fish bone in resin. Thoughts? 18"x12" approx. Total bass relief. Must weight 5 to 7 pounds.

Went to Chitzen Itza last week. Went 23 years ago when you could still climb the pyramid. Over 15000 people there and vendors packed into every square inch of the place. Been side collecting Mayan art for 25 years. Walked the place, every vendor had the same chinese made crap other than a few artisans hand carving wood pieces. After 3 hours of looking found this piece of fish bone with resin. Only one I had sceen. Dickered down pretty good and threw in a blue resin mask. What does anyone think of this? Over paid or? It is 5 pounds and 1/2 inch thick. 23.5" x 18.25"

Hi all Looking for recommendations for books that explore death and sacrifice in Mayan culture?

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I’m excited to introduce The Maya Dictionary PDF - Calepino de Motul, a digital version of the iconic 16th-century dictionary originally compiled by the Spanish Franciscan friar Antonio de Ciudad Real (1551–1617).

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anybody will go to take a deeper look? Any type of excavation upcoming?

I currently have 3 Maya themed tattoos filling 2/3 of my forearm. I'm looking for ideas to fill out the half sleeve.

Has to be long and vertical,and I'm thinking at least a nod to the sky or sky band to balance the water band below the canoe.

Fish w/ waterband

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Tikal bone carving

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