The Ash of Mani: Burned Mayan Codices
๐ The Story
In July 1562, Bishop Diego de Landa burned 27 Mayan codices and over 5,000 ritual objects in the Yucatรกn. He called it 'the auto-da-fรฉ of the idols.' Then he wrote the Relaciรณn de las Cosas de Yucatรกn โ the primary source for everything we know about Mayan religion. The books he burned contained astronomical tables more accurate than European ones of the same era. We know this because fragments survived in European libraries, hidden by monks who recognized their value. The rest is ash.
๐ Provenance & Evidence
Origin
SAGE Lore โ Mayan โ Sacred Lore
Region
Mesoamerica (Yucatรกn)
Period
Traditional / Pre-Modern
Material
Oral tradition / cultural teaching
Artist / Maker
Unknown
Dimensions
Not recorded
Source
Seven Realms โ Mayan / Mesoamerican Calendric Systems
Trust Score
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