Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2015 5:31:31 GMT
Well, I'm going to see 2012 tonight, and I wanted to send this one out while I'm still 'objective'.
To start, I'm relating everything here back to the DDG Central American Mythos chapter (why it's not in GD -
the end of the world is a boring academic matter, and there are more important things in life, like playing First Edition AD&D).
What drove me to write here was something I read during my research for the movie:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
"Scholars of various stripes have disputed the idea that a catastrophe will happen in 2012, suggesting that predictions of impending doom are found in neither ancient nor contemporary science. Mainstream Mayanist scholars argue that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history.[2][7] To the modern Maya, 2012 is largely irrelevant, and classic Maya sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean."
Well, I'm not an expert in Central American myth, yet,
but I have done indexing work on the Dictionary of World Mythology (J.A. Coleman,
1300 or so pages, up to page 408 so far -
I just cite this as an example of my interest in world myth.
BTW, the book comes highly recommended for fans of 1E - just don't order this one through eBay - it's heavy!),
and I could almost swear that the above wikipedia paragraph does not correspond with what has been left to us through myth.
In general, there are 5 Sunsets.
1 (some kind of an apocalyptic war between the human race & giant jaguar people?), 2 (?), 3 (?), 4 (the flood, brought by "Chalchi" - Chalchihuitlicue, see the DDG: I'm so proud that I can spell her name from memory, I'm not sending the 2 page references), 5 (?).
In general, a Sunset in the Long Count means something big happens (unless #5 is an exception).
Are there any scholars of the Central American Mythos here, who can set the matter straight?
John
PS. I have more than a few ideas for a Central American setting (in the sense of one setting for each of the DDG chapters), but to keep it simple, I'm just going to posit the above Q, for now, and reveal more in later posts in the thread.
PPS. The Mayan god of games was Ix (pronounced: eesh, I think).
I don't think he would mind if we spell his name as 1x
To start, I'm relating everything here back to the DDG Central American Mythos chapter (why it's not in GD -
the end of the world is a boring academic matter, and there are more important things in life, like playing First Edition AD&D).
What drove me to write here was something I read during my research for the movie:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon
"Scholars of various stripes have disputed the idea that a catastrophe will happen in 2012, suggesting that predictions of impending doom are found in neither ancient nor contemporary science. Mainstream Mayanist scholars argue that the idea that the Long Count calendar "ends" in 2012 misrepresents Maya history.[2][7] To the modern Maya, 2012 is largely irrelevant, and classic Maya sources on the subject are scarce and contradictory, suggesting that there was little if any universal agreement among them about what, if anything, the date might mean."
Well, I'm not an expert in Central American myth, yet,
but I have done indexing work on the Dictionary of World Mythology (J.A. Coleman,
1300 or so pages, up to page 408 so far -
I just cite this as an example of my interest in world myth.
BTW, the book comes highly recommended for fans of 1E - just don't order this one through eBay - it's heavy!),
and I could almost swear that the above wikipedia paragraph does not correspond with what has been left to us through myth.
In general, there are 5 Sunsets.
1 (some kind of an apocalyptic war between the human race & giant jaguar people?), 2 (?), 3 (?), 4 (the flood, brought by "Chalchi" - Chalchihuitlicue, see the DDG: I'm so proud that I can spell her name from memory, I'm not sending the 2 page references), 5 (?).
In general, a Sunset in the Long Count means something big happens (unless #5 is an exception).
Are there any scholars of the Central American Mythos here, who can set the matter straight?
John
PS. I have more than a few ideas for a Central American setting (in the sense of one setting for each of the DDG chapters), but to keep it simple, I'm just going to posit the above Q, for now, and reveal more in later posts in the thread.
PPS. The Mayan god of games was Ix (pronounced: eesh, I think).
I don't think he would mind if we spell his name as 1x