Hi, I taught myself how to write the name ‘Emerald Peace’ in glphys. Can anyone help me to see if it’s right? Thank you so much. I appreciate your help.

I recently bought this necklace at a store in Chicago and was curious if the symbols actually meant anything. Let me know if this reminds you guys of anything or if it looks like actual symbols.

i’m trying to be more connected to my indigenous roots and so i’m wondering where to begin, id love to talk to someone about it!

Hi! Does anyone know is there’s a Maya hieroglyphic for peace? I’ve looked online and I’m not sure which one is correct. Would love any expertises help on this.

Thank you!

If some one know an English-Popti' interpreter in the U.S. please get in touch at languagealliance <dot com> Thank you

Looking to learn more about the ancient Maya? I'll be teaching monthly online summer courses on the ancient Maya and Teotihuacan starting next week for any interested in learning more. The courses are beginner friendly and as interactive as you'd like to make them. I'll share the links and descriptions of each course below.

Ancient Maya Art and Power

A course focused on how Maya rulers communicated their power through art. We'll discuss the Tikal-Calakmul conflicts, the importance of Pakal and Palenque, the lintels of Yaxchilán, and the Sacred Cenote of Chichén Itzá and its connections to the rest of Mesoamerica.

Maya Mythology in Ceramics

This course discusses the creation, context, and mythology represented on Maya ceramic vessels. We will compare myths shown on pots with stories from the Popol Vuh, discuss the wahyoob' creatures shown on vessels, and examine creation myths and "just-so" stories.

Teotihuacan: Where One Becomes a God

An introductory course on the Central Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan. We'll cover how and when the city was built, who lived there, what we know about the "collapse" of Teotihuacan, and its lasting legacy for the Maya, the Aztec, and more.

Reading and Writing Maya Glyphs

This is a beginner-level course on how to read and write Maya hieroglyphs. I co-teach this course with my colleague Julia Kausch, an artist who specializes in detailed replicas of ancient Maya glyphs and art. Participants will learn the basics of reading Maya glyphs and how to write glyphic phrases using a brush or a pen.

Courses start next week (with the exception of the last one, which starts May 22nd). I have limited each course to 10 participants per group so that I can personalize the content, but I'll re-run each course throughout the summer for those who can't take the first round!

Hope to see you there,

Catherine Nuckols, Ph.D.

I'm mostly interested in the Wahys of the different Maya deities, these are the ones that I have come across so far.

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When we were in Mexico we picked up these face masks representing some of the Mayan deities. But it’s been a few months and I can’t seem to remember the details.

iirc the middle carving with the stepped pyramid is the god of medicine? Does anyone know what these are?

I visited the Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza very recently with my wife and I was so blown away by the experience.

I would like to get a tattoo to commerate the day, but I (U.S. American) do not want to get anything that could be deemed as disrespectful.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi! Here is a cool Corte skirt from the Emory University collections. The skirt is made within the contemporary times with a treadle loom.

I was wondering if anyone knew what the symbols/iconography seen in the pattern of the skirt is? If not possible then would anyone have any books about the symbols of Mayan textile?

Thank you!

https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/26084/double-jaspe-tiedyed-threads-corte-skirt

Context: I come from a Yucatec Maya ancestry with my grandparents being the most recent generation of native Maya speakers (my parents speak mostly Spanish and english, not really any Maya). My Abuelita’s dominant language is now Spanish — she understands more Maya than she is comfortable speaking. My abuelo, (deceased) was more educated formally in the language, but the two of them mostly only spoke Maya together when discussing something they didn’t want their children to overhear.

Our family lineage is Dzib / Ts’ib — scribe. That was our family surname until being forced into a Spanish surname. I am actively attempted to reconnect to my indigenous roots and I feel that it is important for me to attempt to give myself the same intense, long drawn out education my ancestors would have been given as part of their role in Yucatec Maya nations. It is one of my main lifetime goals to master the trade my ancestors had, in order to connect and share more with our surviving community post-colonization.

I have largely been seeking out knowledge on reading and writing through academic work—papers, history text books, etc. This type of academic work is super helpful and insightful to me, but the proportion of it that seems to come from non-mayan and non indigenous people is kind of a bummer. I am so grateful to the people who study my ancestors deeply and respectfully, but I am saddened sometimes to realize how little my family was given access to education like that — I wish we could have the same prowess reading historic glyphs that so many white scholars have mastered.

From reading answers to other questions in this subreddit, I suspect there’s several phd level Mayanists in this online community. I don’t have the resources to attend grad school — I got my undergrad at UChicago, but I’m not cut out for advanced academia— but I would nonetheless really, really love to be able to contribute to the conversation at an academic level as a Maya person and wanna-be scholar. Thanks in advance for any guidance y’all may have for me on this journey.

Hi all! I'm a 22yr old in NC, and I'm interested in learning about my Mayan heritage. I've already had alot of fun learning about the writing system, but I'm interested in the culture and traditions. Anyone have any books or leads?