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Publication Date

1-17-2013

Abstract

Today, for the kaqchikel maya of the Guatemalan Highlands, the word k'u'x has gained great importance. Generally translated as "corazon" k'u'x has a strong sense or viral force. In the community under study, k'u'x has its expression in three significant ways: focusing on life and sensibility, as a placenta and as the creator-sustaining deity. Among its multiple aspects it shows a spiritual character interlacing with the physical dimensions of human life. The purpose of this paper is to approach co an integral understanding of k'u'x, taking in regard its position in several domains of Mayan experience. I present the fundamental quality of k'u'x as a corporal bond within the spiritual Maya world.

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Para los mayas kaqchikeles del altiplano guatemalteco, el vocablo k´u´x cobra gran importancia en la actualidad. Traducido generalmente como 'corazón', k´u´x conlleva fuerte sentido de fuerza vital. En la comunidad bajo estudio, k´u´x se manifiesta de tres maneras significativas: como enfoque de vida y sensibilidad, como la placenta y como la divinidad creadora sustentadora. En sus múltiples aspectos de muestra un carácter espiritual entre laudo con las dimensiones físicas de la vida humana. El objeto de este ensayo es intentar un entendimiento integral de k´u´x, tomando en cuenta su ubicación en varios dominios de la experiencia maya. Planteo la cualidad fundamental de k´u´x como vínculo corporal en el mundo espiritual maya.

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Estudios de Cultura Maya está disponible en línea bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional.

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Publication Title

Estudios de Cultura Maya

DOI

10.19130/iifl.ecm.2002.22.416

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