Andrés Xiloj

Andrés Xiloj Peruch was a K'iche' daykeeper (K'iche': 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 K'iche' 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 K'iche' 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

  1. ↑ Interview with Andrés Xiloj
  2. ↑ Interview with Dennis and Barbara Tedlock
  3. ↑ Harvey Russell Bernard, 2006, Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, Rowman Altamira, ISBN 0-7591-0869-2 pp. 476-79
  4. ↑ http://oncampus.richmond.edu/faculty/ASAIL/SAIL2/42.html

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