The Books of Chilam Balam

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Books_of_Chilam_Balam
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Maya manuscript
gptkbp:category Maya religion
ethnohistorical sources
gptkbp:contains gptkb:historical_documents
mythology
ritual instructions
prophecies
medical knowledge
astrological texts
gptkbp:format handwritten codices
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Books of Chilam Balam
gptkbp:influencedBy Spanish colonial culture
pre-Columbian Maya traditions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Yucatec_Maya
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Chilam_Balam
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Tizimín
gptkb:Chumayel
gptkb:Kaua
gptkb:Maní
gptkb:Tusik
gptkb:Ixil
Nah
Codzcatzin
Tepich
gptkbp:numberOfKnownBooks nine
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Yucatán_Peninsula
gptkbp:preservedIn libraries
private collections
gptkbp:significance cultural heritage of Yucatán
source for Maya language studies
source of Maya oral tradition
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
historians
anthropologists
gptkbp:subject gptkb:colonialism
Spanish conquest
Maya religion
Maya history
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:writtenBy 17th century
18th century
Maya scribes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maya_literature
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7