Explore: Mayan Calendar

with writing in general and other foundational aspects of Mayan culture. The Maya calendar consists of several cycles or counts of different lengths.

as they arose. Mayan scholars stated that no classic Mayan accounts forecast impending doom, and the idea that the Long Count calendar ends in 2012 misrepresented

Institution 1933, pp. 79, 83 Edmonson, Munro S. (December 1976). "The Mayan Calendar Reform of 11.16.0.0.0". Current Anthropology. 17 (4): 713–17. doi:10

Mayanism is a non-codified eclectic collection of New Age beliefs, influenced in part by Pre-Columbian Maya mythology and some folk beliefs of the modern

synodic cycles of Mars and Venus. These observations allowed the Mayans to plan the calendar year, agriculture, and religious ceremonies around the stars

as it was the end of a cycle (bʼakʼtun) in the long count in the Maya calendar. Several writers published books connecting the encounter with 2012. Despite

The tzolkʼin (Mayan pronunciation: [t͡sol ˈkʼin], formerly and commonly tzolkin) is the 260-day Mesoamerican calendar used by the Maya civilization of

(February 2006). "The 2012 Phenomenon: New Age Appropriation of an Ancient Mayan Calendar". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 9

tzolkʼin ritual calendar continues in use in modern Maya communities in the highlands of Guatemala and Chiapas, and millions of Mayan-language speakers

a character in 8-Bit Theater White wizard, a seal in the Dreamspell Mayan calendar interpretation and game White Wizard, a variation of the drinking game