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À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
This book suits readers who love origin myths, family chronicles and firsthand accounts of the Spanish conquest. It will please anyone curious about Maya history or how a people holds its memory through loss.
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What does a people remember when they have lost their city, and who do they write for? The Annals of the Cakchiquels opens with a father speaking to his children. He promises to set down what the earliest fathers said, when only rabbits and birds lived on the hills.
This is a Maya chronicle from the highlands of Guatemala, kept by the Xahila family. Francisco Hernandez Arana Xajila continued it from 1560 to 1583. You travel from Tulan to Iximche, and you see the Spaniards arrive through the eyes of the people who watched them come.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A family record written for the childrenFree
- 2Four Tulans and the making of people
- 3Leaving Tulan under the weight of tribute
- 4Crossing the sea and fighting at Zuyva
- 5Wandering through Guatemala and meeting its peoples
- 6Taming the fire mountain and sacrificing Tolgom
- 7Dividing Lake Atitlan and seeing the first dawn
- 8Caynoh and Caybatz win a kingdom through Tepeuh
- 9Qikab, the Quiche revolt and the founding of Iximche
- 10Triumph, a massacre of rebels and the plague
- 11The Spaniards arrive and a nation bends
Point clé 1 sur 11
A family record written for the children
The Annals are not a neutral history. The writer wants the young Xahila to remember who their ancestors were and what those ancestors won.
Its first page calls it the record for the process, meaning a lawsuit. The family seems to have filed its whole history as proof of old privileges. The main writer was already an adult when the Spaniards came in 1524.
He seldom says I. Most of the time he passes on what the ancestors said, with phrases like so they say.
The Annals are a lawsuit, a genealogy and a memory all at once, written to give the next generation a claim to stand on.
That’s 1 of 11 key points.
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- LengthAbout 10,900 words
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Questions about Les Annales des Cakchiquels
What is The Annals of the Cakchiquels about?
It is a Maya family chronicle. It tells of the journey of the Cakchiquels from Tulan, their settlement in Guatemala, their kings and wars, the founding of Iximche, and the arrival of the Spaniards in 1524.
Who were the Cakchiquels?
They were a Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands. They were close neighbors and rivals of the Quiche, the Tzutuhils and the Akahals, and their kings came from the Xahil and Zotzil families.
Who is Tunatiuh in the Annals?
Tunatiuh is the name given to Pedro de Alvarado, the Spanish conqueror. It comes from the Aztec word for the sun, and the Cakchiquels use it for the commander who entered Iximche in 1524.
Why was the Annals of the Cakchiquels written?
It was part of a legal case. The Xahila family filed its history and genealogy to support a claim to old rights and possessions as one of the two ruling houses of the Cakchiquels.
What is Tulan in the Annals?
Tulan is the legendary city from which the ancestors say they came. The text speaks of four Tulans, and the Cakchiquels claim to come from the one at the sunset, beyond the sea.
Cite this edition
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández. The Annals of the Cakchiquels. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-annals-of-the-cakchiquels.
Arana Xajilá, F. H. (2026). The annals of the Cakchiquels. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-annals-of-the-cakchiquels
Arana Xajilá, Francisco Hernández. The Annals of the Cakchiquels. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-annals-of-the-cakchiquels.
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