Andrés Xiloj

Andrés Xiloj Peruch was a Kʼicheʼ daykeeper (Kʼicheʼ: ajq'ij) from Momostenango in Guatemala.[1] He was also one of the four "chuchkajawib" (lineage leaders) of Momostenango.[2] After his death, his son Angél became chuchkajaw of the Santa Isabel lineage. Being a native speaker of the Kʼicheʼ language and a practitioner of traditional Maya calendric divination, he served as a consultant for several anthropological studies. He assisted Dennis Tedlock in elaborating his award-winning translation of the ancient Kʼicheʼ document Popol Vuh.[3] Dennis Tedlock has described the translation process as "three-way dialogue among Andres Xiloj, the Popol Vuh text, and myself."[4]

Notes

"Interview with Andrés Xiloj" (PDF). Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.
"Venus, Moon and the Tzolkin Calendar". alignment2012.com. Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.
Harvey Russell Bernard, 2006, Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, Rowman Altamira, ISBN 0-7591-0869-2 pp. 476-79
"University of Richmond". Oncampus.richmond.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-27.

External links

Transcript of filmed interview with Andrés Xiloj, from the film Breaking the Maya Code, released March 2008 by Night Fire Films

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[1] "Interview with Andrés Xiloj" (PDF). Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.

[2] "Venus, Moon and the Tzolkin Calendar". alignment2012.com. Retrieved Apr 27, 2020.

[3] Harvey Russell Bernard, 2006, Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, Rowman Altamira, ISBN 0-7591-0869-2 pp. 476-79

[4] "University of Richmond". Oncampus.richmond.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-27.