Victoria R. Bricker is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Tulane University.

Preface


APPENDICES


The Historicity of Myth and the Myth of History


The Conquest of Yucatan


TheConquest


of Guatemala


IndianSaintsin


The IndianKing inQuisteil 1761


The PassionTheme inMaya Folklore 12 The Indian King


Nativism Syncretism and the Structure of Myth and Ritual


A Yucatecan Documents


Canek


C


Notes


Glossary


Index




The Indian King in Totonicapan 1820


The Iconography of Ritualized Ethnic Conflict among


Side View of the Church of the Cult of the Talking Cross 1971

"...a major work, with the potential of becoming a classic." --Choice "Bricker's elucidations of the roles of historical foundations of myth and ritual drama and of the feedback between myth and history are significant contributions to the literature on myth, ritual drama, and ethnohistory...this is an outstanding work, a standard of excellence..."