Excerpts from the Books of Chilam Balam (the "jaguar priest") of Yucatán — prophetic, mythological, and historical writings preserved by Maya scribes after the Conquest, blending pre-Columbian cosmology with Spanish-era apocalyptic.
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Tradition
Yucatec Maya. A genre of native chronicles surviving in several town-keyed manuscripts (Chumayel, Tizimin, Mani, Kaua, etc), edited and translated in the 19th century by Daniel G. Brinton.
Translation
Daniel G. Brinton, *The Maya Chronicles* (Library of Aboriginal American Literature, vol. I), Philadelphia, 1882. Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.