SUEÑO Y PODER EN LA RELIGIÓN MAYA COLONIAL.

The paper discusses the relationships between dreams and power, based on the philological analysis of a fragment of "An Incantation", a chapter from the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel. The testimony, dated on the 18th century, allows us to understand that for colonial Mayan religious thought dreams are part of the process of acquiring knowledge and authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]