“Mr. Allan Burns, I am here to tell you an example, the example of the Hunchbacks.” So said Paulino Yamá, traditionalist and storyteller, to Allan Burns, anthropologist and linguist, as he began one story that found its way into this book. Paulino Yamá was just one of several master storytellers from the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico from whom Burns learned not only the Mayan language but also the style and performance of myths, stories, riddles, prayers, and other forms of speech of their people. The result is An Epoch of Miracles, a wonderfully readable yet thoroughly scholarly set of translations from the oral literature of the Yucatec Maya, an important New World tradition never before systematically described. An Epoch of Miracles brings us over thirty-five long narratives of things large, small, strange, and “regular” and as many delightful short pieces, such as bird lore, riddles, and definitions of anteaters, rainbows, and other commonplaces of the Mayan world. Here are profound narratives of the Feathered Serpent, the mighty Rain God Chac and his helpers, and the mysterious cult of the Speaking Cross. But because these are modern, “Petroleum Age” Maya, here too are a discussion with Cuba’s Fidel Castro and a greeting to former president Richard Nixon. All pieces are translated ethnopoetically; examples of several genres are presented bilingually. An especially valuable feature is the indication of performance style, such as pauses and voice quality, given with each piece.

God has revealed himself to his servant to write this great revelation about the signs of the End Times according to the biblical prophecy and its fulfilment in these last evil days of mass media as predicted by the Lord Jesus Christthere will be wars, famine, earthquakes, and a false Messiah. This book is the result of ten years of studying and meditation of the book of Matthew, chapter 24, as directed by the Holy Spirit to make people aware of the End Times signs and to awaken humanity about the End Times and get people ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Signs of the End Times as Predicted by Christ The destruction of the temple foretold. Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ. Rumours of wars. Famines and pestilences. Earthquakes in diverse places. False prophets shall rise. False prophets. The Gospel must be preached as a witness. Great tribulation. The fulfilment of the biblical prophecy.