Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts, Volume 4, Issue 1 |
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18 Kayab Akbal animal appears Bacab beginning belonging Ben-Ik bird black vulture Caban cardinal points Cauac Chicchan Chichen Itza Chuen Cimi column connection conventionalized Copan corresponding Cortesianus Cumhu day sign death-god deer deity denote Dresden Dresden Codex effaced elongated head Ezanab feathers fifth figure fish Förstemann four fourth glyph gods hand hatchet head-dress hiero hieroglyphs iguana Imix interval IV Ahau jaguar Kan-Imix Kankin Kayab king vulture Kukulcan Landa large numbers maize Manik Manuscript Maudslay Maya codices Mercury Moan month Muluc Nahua Nuttall Codex occurs Ocellated Turkey Palenque passage peccary period picture prefix probably quetzal rain refer representations represented resembling Schellhas seems Seler serpent shown in Pl sitting species Stela suggest superfix tail Tonalamatl Tro-Cortesianus turtle usual Venus VIII Ahau XII Lamat Yucatan
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Page 351 - ... the old frescoes archaeologists are deeply indebted to Miss Adela C. Breton, who made several visits to Yucatan for the purpose of making facsimiles of the originals. In addition to her gifts mentioned in former reports, Miss Breton has given to the Museum two of her colored drawings of portions of the bas-relief of the lower chamber of the Temple of the Tigers. She has also generously colored several plates in our copy of Maudslay's work on the ruins of Chichen Itza, from the copies she made...
Page 332 - ... y ciertas iguanas y pan, y una mitra y un manojo de flores, y una piedra preciosa de las suyas.
Page 375 - ... avian de ofrescerle perros hechos de barro con pan en las espaldas, y avian de vailar con ellos en las manos las viejas y sacrificarle un perrito que tuviesse las espaldas negras y fuesse virgen, y los devotos dellos avian de derramar su sangre y untar la piedra de Chacacantun demonio con ella.
Page 341 - Sahumavan la imagen, degollavan una gallina y se la presentavan o offrecian . . . y assi le hazian muchas offrendas de comidas y bevidas de carne y pescado, y estas offrendas repartian a los estrangeros •que alii se hallavan." (Muluc year) "Y despues degollavanle la gallina como al passado.
Page 363 - ... su baile. Tomaban el Papa y sabio la cabeza del venado por las orejas, y los cuatro sacerdotes los cuatro pies, y el mayordomo llevaba un brasero, do se quemaba el corazon conulí y copa, é incensaban al ídolo que tenían puesto y señalado para la caza y pesca.
Page 363 - ... y este era el sacrificio de las semillas. Lo que hacian en los sacrificios de la pesca y caza, era que tomaban un venado vivo y llevábanlo al patio del Cu é iglesia que tenian fuera del pueblo, y allí lo...
Page 326 - ... de dos varas y mas de largo y tan gruesas como el brazo, y suelen ponerse sobre arboles juntos alos caminos, y quando pasa alguna persona se deja caer encima y se le enrosca y...
Page 17 - Kukulcan,' writes Dr. P. Schellhas, ' is represented with all the four cardinal points ; he appears as ruler of all the points of the compass ; north, south, east, and west, as well as air, fire, water, and earth are subject to him
Page 185 - I have arranged the whole series in four parallel periods of 65 days each, for the 65 appears throughout the computation, although the entire Tonalamatl is written out in one continuous line. On the right of page 35 the scribe seems to have wished to erase an entirely incongruous 4, and in writing the last 15, on page 39, he began to use the red paint prematurely, so that the top one of the three lines is red. Attention should also be called to the fact that the second of my vertical columns contains...
Page 314 - The fourth species is a yellow bee, smaller than the common one, but, like it, furnished with a sting ; its honey is not equal to those already mentioned. The fifth is a small bee without a sting, which constructs hives of an orbicular form in subterraneous cavities; and the honey is sour and somewhat bitter. The Tlalpipiolli, which is the sixth species, is black and yellow, of the size of the common bee, but has no sting.