Shadow and Substance: A Mopan Maya View of Human Existence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann E. Fink
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 399-414
Description
Suggests that the Mopan Maya fear that as one ages, individuals experience detachment and a loss of the soul, which is represented by the human shadow.