Contents
The Titles and Offices of Ajaw, Kaloomte’, and Bakab
Offerings of Incense and the Ch’ajom Title
The Banded-Bird Office of Secondary Lords
Historical Accounts of War at the Time of the Spanish Conquest
1. The Chahk Thunderbolt Deities and Flint Weapons
Categories of Lithic Materials
Representations of Lithic Material in Art and Hieroglyphic Writing
The Thunderbolt Authority of Maya Lords
The Thunderbolt Authority of Ancestors
Lightning Luminosity and the T24/T1017 Celt Sign
The Lightning Luminosity of Maya Lords
The Spark and Fire of Lightning
The Torch of the Chahk Deities
Corn Deities and the Torch of K’awiil
Itzamnaaj K’awiil and Fiery Thunderbolts
Torches as Weapons of Destruction
2. The Flint and Fire Deity GIII
The Celestial Place of Duality
The K’inich Title and the K’inich Ajaw Title
Seventh Centipede Raptorial Bird
The Deity GI and His Quadripartite Badge Headdress
The Names and Titles of the Deity GIII
The Fire and Flint Traits of GIII and the Jaguar Paddler God
Flint, Centipedes, and Volcanic Fire
Centipedes and Fiery Transformations
3. Classic Maya Tlaloc Deities and Their Obsidian Meteor Weapons
Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets
The Mythology of Meteors and Obsidian
Waxaklajuun Ub’aah Kan as a Manifestation of Tlaloc
The First Kaloomte’ Lord of the Kaanul Polity
Tikal and the Kaloomte’ Foliated Jaguar
Tikal and the Kaloomte’ Sihyaj K’ahk’
The Kaloomte’ Spearthrower Owl
The Tikal King Yax Nuun Ahiin I
The Copán King K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’
Where in the World Is Jo’ Tinam Witz?
Where in the World Is the Wiinte’naah?
5. The Offices and Regalia of the Tlaloc Cult
The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Palenque
The Origins of the Tlaloc Cult at Piedras Negras
The Hereditary Headdress of Turtle Tooth
Hereditary Bloodletters and Wooden Boxes
The Yajawk’ak’ Lord of the Palenque King K’inich Kan Bahlam II
The Yajawk’ak’ Lord of the Palenque King K’inich K’an Joy Chitam II
The Juxtaposing of the Deity GIII and Tlaloc
The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 23
The Tlaloc Events of Yaxchilán Structure 21
The Kaloomte’ Women of Yaxchilán
The Kaloomte’ Lady Six Sky of Dos Pilas and Naranjo
7. God L: An Obsidian and Mercantile Deity
The Diagnostic Traits and Nature of God L
Gathered Blood: The Maternal Grandfather of the Hero Twins
Xucaneb and the Cobán Plateau Trade Route