Raphael Girard (October 30, 1898, in Martigny, Switzerland – December 25, 1982, in Guatemala City) was an anthropologist who specializes at Mesoamerican tribes culture and traditions. He and his wife, Rebeca Carrión Cachot moved to Guatemala city in 1955[4] so to research what subsequently became the book "Esotericism of the Popol Vuh".[5]
Raphael Girard | |
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 Raphael Girard in 1967 | |
| Born | October 30 1898 |
| Died | December 25 1982 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Citizenship | Guatemala |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Partner | Rebeca Carrión Cachot |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Girard and Melanie Besse de Girard |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | Geneva University[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropologist, Ethnology |
| Sub-discipline | Anthropologist of Mesoamerica |
Early life
editRaphael Girard was born in Martigny, Switzerland, he's parents were Joseph Girard a public worker business man and Melanie Besse de Girard an elementary school teacher, however she died was he was 14. since Raphael Girard was a child he showed intellectual skills in 1915 he published many book like Le Centenaire Valaisan, Sur le Trim.[4]
Career
editHe started as a professor in "Lycée St. Maurice". In 1918 he joined the Swiss army 4th Company, XII Battalion mountain infantry,[4] On January 10, 1919, with the support of Eugene Pittard of Geneva University, he joined the Society of History and Geography of Paris. He then sailed to Honduras.[4] Fellow anthropologist pioneers, Esteban Guardiola, Luis Land, Félix Salgado, Pedro Rivas, Jesús Aguilar and Rebeca Carrión Cachot which he married in December 1955,[4] founded the Honduran Society of History and Geography. He then completed ethnographic works about the Hicaques, Mayans Payas, Caribss, Miskitos, and Susmus.[4]
Bibliography
edit- 1947. Génesis y función de la Greca escalonada.
- 1948. El Calendario maya-mexica: origen, función, desarrollo y lugar de procedencia.
- 1948. Esoterismo en el Popol Vuh.
- 1949. Algunos characteres psicológicos de los Chortís – Honduras.
- 1949. Los Chortís ante el problema Maya: historia de las culturas indígenas de América, desde su origen hasta hoy.
- 1951. Historia del origen y desarrollo de las culturas indoamericanas.
- 1951. Refutación de una crítica a “Los Chortís ante el problema Maya”.
- 1952. El popol –vuh fuente histórica.
- 1955. Correlación entre mitos, ritos actuales y arqueología maya.
- 1955. Réplica a la crítica de Heinrich Berlin sobre “El Popol Vuh, fuente histórica”.
- 1958. Indios selváticos de la Amazonía peruana: con 207 fotografías, 100 figuras y 2 mapas.
- 1958. Guatemala en el XXXIII Congreso Internacional de Americanistas.
- 1959. El colapso maya y los nahuas.
- 1960. La Civilización maya y sus epigonales.
- 1962. Los Mayas eternos.
- 1966. Los mayas: su civilización, su historia, sus vinculaciones continentales.
- 1968. La Misteriosa Cultura Omeca: últimos descubrimientos de esculturas pre Olmecas en el municipio: La Democracia.
- 1969. La Misteriosa Cultura Olmeca.
- 1976. Historia de las civilizaciones Antiguas de América: desde sus orígenes.
- 1977. Origen y desarrollo de las civilizaciones Antiguas de América.
References
edit- ^ https://archives.yale.edu/agents/people/79777
- ^ https://wawards.org/en/honduras.
- ^ https://wawards.org/en/nicaragua.
- ^ a b c d e f "Wayback Machines".
- ^ Girard, Rafael (October 31, 1979). "Esotericism of the Popol Vuh". Theosophical University Press – via Google Books.
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