The Myth of the Maya Calendar
The doomsday clock. The burden of time. The Maya calendar predicts the end of the world. These are the commercialized renditions of an advanced ancient culture that mapped the exact…
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The doomsday clock. The burden of time. The Maya calendar predicts the end of the world. These are the commercialized renditions of an advanced ancient culture that mapped the exact…
Continue readingXtabay (pronounced esh-ta-bye): a fantastical Yucatecan woman, with long dark hair, dressed in white. Akin to a mermaid, the Xtabay floats between the spiky thorns of a ceiba grove. There,…
Continue readingIn the city of Kabah, there lived an ancient witch who knew all the mysteries of the stars and the secrets of the herbs. Every day, the witch gazed sweetly…
Continue readingOnce upon a time there was a great myth that had people all over the world talking about the Maya. The myth spoke about how this civilization predicted the world…
Continue readingIn México the tradition continues, of telling stories, tales and legends, as witness to events from the past; many of these are still recounted today. One example in Yucatán is…
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