The prophet Enoch among the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula
Mayas in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, tell stories of having been visited by a prophet of the apocalypse who called himself Enoch. This article relates the content of those stories, reveals the identity of the alleged prophet, and explores how Mayas shaped a quixotic figure from the 1920s into...
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| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/23699 |
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| Summary: | Mayas in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, tell stories of having been visited by a prophet of the apocalypse who called himself Enoch. This article relates the content of those stories, reveals the identity of the alleged prophet, and explores how Mayas shaped a quixotic figure from the 1920s into a divine messenger endowed with attributes drawn from Maya mythologies. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |