Born in Belgium, Didier Boremanse received his PhD in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. From 1979 until 2006 he taught anthropology and sociology at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and from 2007 until 2013 he taught at the Foundation Edward Seler of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He is now an independent researcher.

Builds on more than a century of ethnographic research and is written by one of the last ethnographers who could do so, as the ritual practice described has disappeared. It also complements the author's previous published research and provides a synthesis of all work done on Lacandon myth and ritual.”—Charles Andrew Hofling, author of the Lacandon Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary“The detailed cultural information and explanations make this book so important and so different from similar works on Maya myths and folktales. The author’s knowledge of Lacandon culture and his insights on their myths and religion are truly admirable. His descriptions and analyses are nuanced and complete." — Joel Palka, professor of anthropology and department head, University of Illinois at Chicago

Born in Belgium, Didier Boremanse received his PhD in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. From 1979 until 2006 he taught anthropology and sociology at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and from 2007 until 2013 he taught at the Foundation Edward Seler of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He is now an independent researcher.

Builds on more than a century of ethnographic research and is written by one of the last ethnographers who could do so, as the ritual practice described has disappeared. It also complements the author's previous published research and provides a synthesis of all work done on Lacandon myth and ritual.”—Charles Andrew Hofling, author of the Lacandon Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary“The detailed cultural information and explanations make this book so important and so different from similar works on Maya myths and folktales. The author’s knowledge of Lacandon culture and his insights on their myths and religion are truly admirable. His descriptions and analyses are nuanced and complete." — Joel Palka, professor of anthropology and department head, University of Illinois at Chicago

Born in Belgium, Didier Boremanse received his PhD in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. From 1979 until 2006 he taught anthropology and sociology at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and from 2007 until 2013 he taught at the Foundation Edward Seler of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He is now an independent researcher.

Builds on more than a century of ethnographic research and is written by one of the last ethnographers who could do so, as the ritual practice described has disappeared. It also complements the author's previous published research and provides a synthesis of all work done on Lacandon myth and ritual.”—Charles Andrew Hofling, author of the Lacandon Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary“The detailed cultural information and explanations make this book so important and so different from similar works on Maya myths and folktales. The author’s knowledge of Lacandon culture and his insights on their myths and religion are truly admirable. His descriptions and analyses are nuanced and complete." — Joel Palka, professor of anthropology and department head, University of Illinois at Chicago