Of gods and men: The gift of bicameral mentality in Lake Atitlán's Mayan oral literature
Anthropology of Consciousness March 1, 2025 José M. Franco Rodríguez, Daniel Montoya
AbstractThis study investigates contemporary Mayan oral stories through the lens of Julian Jaynes's theory on the origin of consciousness, aiming to identify a potential connection between the literary elements of these narratives and traits of pre‐consciousness outlined by Jaynes. Jaynes's neuropsychological thesis argues that human consciousness emerged around 3000 years ago after a period of...