Kováč, Milan
Occupation:
Associated professor, Head of department
Academic Degree(s):
Doctor
Academic Affiliation:
Department of Comparative Religion, Comenius University, Bratislava
Address:
Gondova 2
818 01 Bratislava
Slovakia
Phone:
+421-903 373 015
balomkeh@yahoo.com, chakxok@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.fphil.uniba.sk/index.php?id=kpr
Area of Interest:
Mesoamerican Spirituality.
Maya /Ancient and Contemporary/ Religion and Mythology.
Lacandon culture, religion and language.
Current Project:
- Translation into Slovak language and new commentaries to the work of Diego de Landa: „Relación de las cosas de Yucatán“ (in Slovak).
- Preparation „The Book of Minor To´ohils“ : own collection and translation of more than one hundred Lacandon myths with analytic commentaries (in Spanish).
- Preparation of book: „Real People from the House of Water - Anthropology of Northern Lacandon Religion“ (in English) based on several repeated long-term field works among Northern Lacandons from Naha, Metzabok, Betel and San Javier.
Publications:
Selected publications:
Books:
Kováč, Milan: The Sun of Jaguar – Religious World of Olmecs, Mayas and Aztecs. (Slnko jaguára - Náboženský svet Olmékov, Mayov a Aztékov.) Bratislava, Chronos 2002, 407 pages.
Kováč, Milan - Podolinská, Tatiana: The Lacandons – Last True Maya. (Lacandónci. Poslední praví Mayovia.) Bratislava 2001, 100 pages.
Kováč, Milan – Bělka Luboš: Normative and Living Religion. (Normativní a žité náboženství) Masarykova Univerzita, Brno 1999, 160 pages.
Kováč, Milan – Podolinská, Tatiana (eds): On the Roads to Sacrum (Na cestách za posvätnom). Chronos, Bratislava 1999, 276 pages.
Kováč, Milan – Kovács, Attila – Podolinská, Tatiana (eds): Roads to the Otherworld. Death and Other Life in the Religions of the World. (Cesty na druhý svet. Smrť a posmrtný život v náboženstvách sveta.) CERES (Central European Religious Studies) Vol. 1, Bratislava 2005, 328 pages.
Studies:
Kováč, Milan: Stability and Patterns of Change: Lacandon Gods in Transformation. Ethnologia Actualis Slovaca. The Journal of Ethnographical Research 7/2007, pp.110-118.
Kováč, Milan: The Lacandon Totemism Today. (Lacandónsky totemizmus dnes). Hieron VIII-IX, 2003/2004. Bratislava 2007, Katedra porovnávacej religionistiky, pp. 134-158.
Kováč, Milan: Substitutional Blood Symbolism of Contemporary Lacandon Maya. (Zástupná symbolika krvi u súčasných Mayov-Lacandóncov.) In: Doležalová, Iva; Bělka Luboš (eds.): Náboženství a tělo. CERES Central European Religious Studies III, Brno 2006, pp. 221-232.
Kováč, Milan: Parallel Eschatologies of Lacandon Maya. (Paralelné eschatológie Mayov – Lacandóncov). In: Kováč, Milan; Kovács; Attila, Podolinská, Tatiana (eds.): Cesty na druhý svet. Smrť a posmrtný život v náboženstvách sveta. Central European Religious Studies I/2005., Bratislava 2005, pp. 134-147.
Kováč, Milan: The Ritual Food and the Issue of Sacrum among the Contemporary Lacandons from Chiapas. (Rituálna strava a problém sacrum u súčasných Mayov-Lacandóncov z mexického Chiapasu.) In: Bubík, Tomáš, Fárek, Martin (eds): Náboženství a jídlo. CERES (Central European Religious Studies) II. Pardubice 2005, pp. 85-94.
Kováč, Milan: Narrative about T´ub. Comparative Study of the Maya Astral Myth. (Príbeh T´uba. Porovnávacia štúdia mayského astrálneho mýtu.) In: Český lid - Ethnological Journal, Vol. 92, 3/2005, pp. 273-296.
Kováč, Milan: Missions among the Lacandons – Past and Present. (Lacandónske misie včera a dnes.) In: Kožiak, Rastislav; Nemeš, Jaroslav (eds.): Pohanstvo a kresťanstvo. Bratislava, Chronos 2004, pp. 275-284.
Kováč, Milan - Podolinská, Tatiana: Daughters of Luna - Ritual Status of Woman in the Maya - Lacandon Society, Slovenský národopis, Vol. 49, 2/2001, pp. 479-494, Bratislava.
Kováč, Milan: Foundation of Mexican Tenochtitlan – The Myth and Reality. (Založenie mexického Tenochtitlánu - Mýtus a skutočnosť.) In: Historická Olomouc 12, Olomouc 2001, pp. 175-189.
Kováč, Milan: Anthropologist as Social Engineer – The Case of Lacandons. (Antropológ ako sociálny inžinier - Prípad Lacandóncov), Cargo, 2/2001, pp. 22-39, Praha.
Kováč, Milan: Lacandon Pantheon of Antonio and the Ancient Maya (Antóniov lacandónsky panteón a starí Mayovia), Religio, Vol. 8, č. 2/2000, pp. 125-150, Brno.
Kováč, Milan: Xokra – Story of Lacandon Water Woman. (Šokra - Príbeh lacandónskej vodnej ženy.) In: Na prahu milénia - Folklór a folkloristika na Slovensku. Bratislava 2000, pp. 68-83.
Kováč, Milan: Tlamatinime and Folk Belief among the Ancient Aztecs. (Tlamatinime a ľudová zbožnosť u starých Aztékov). In: Kováč, Milan; Bělka, Luboš (eds.) Normativní a žité náboženství. Brno 1999, pp. 44-55.
Kováč, Milan: The Sacral Space in the Religious Mind of Ancient Mesoamerica. (Posvätný priestor v náboženskom myslení starej Mezoameriky), Religio, Vol.7, č.1/1999, pp. 3-22, Brno.
Kováč, Milan: Duality of Universe in Popol Vuh. (Dvojdomé univerzum Popol Vuh.) Hieron. Religionistická ročenka. Vol. 3/1998, pp. 113-132, Bratislava.
Kováč, Milan: Baby Face – Seeking of Olmec Solar God. (Baby face - Hľadanie olméckeho slnečného boha.) Hieron Vol.1/1996, pp. 45-64, Bratislava.
