Andrés Xiloj

Andrés Xiloj Peruch was a Kʼicheʼ daykeeper (Kʼicheʼ: ajq'ij) from Momostenango in Guatemala.{{cite web|url=https://www.nightfirefilms.org/breakingthemayacode/interviews/XilojTRANSCRIPT.pdf|title=Interview with Andrés Xiloj|accessdate=Apr 27, 2020}} He was also one of the four "chuchkajawib" (lineage leaders) of Momostenango.{{cite web|url=http://alignment2012.com/fap14.html|title=Venus, Moon and the Tzolkin Calendar|website=alignment2012.com|accessdate=Apr 27, 2020}} After his death, his son Angél became chuchkajaw of the Santa Isabel lineage. Being a native speaker of the Kʼicheʼ language and a practitioner of traditional Maya calendric divination, he served as a consultant for several anthropological studies. He assisted Dennis Tedlock in elaborating his award-winning translation of the ancient Kʼicheʼ document Popol Vuh.Harvey Russell Bernard, 2006, Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches, Rowman Altamira, {{ISBN|0-7591-0869-2}} pp. 476-79 Dennis Tedlock has described the translation process as "three-way dialogue among Andres Xiloj, the Popol Vuh text, and myself."{{cite web|url=http://oncampus.richmond.edu/faculty/ASAIL/SAIL2/42.html |title=University of Richmond |publisher=Oncampus.richmond.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-04-27}}