Chapter V: Part 5

_bat_, an axe; hail, 104

_batab_, a chief, 104

_batul_, to fight, 104

_be_, footprints, 88

_be che_, a bridge, 113

_ben_, or _been_, a day name, 91, 113

_ben-ik_, a graphic sign, 90, 123

_bolon_, nine, 25

_bolon paxche_, a large drum, 92

_budz ek_, a comet, 35

_bul_, a bean; all, the whole, 89

_bulcabal_, a destruction, 46

_caan_, the sky, 52

_cab_, down, downward, etc., 60, 99, 114

_caban_, a day name, 114

_cac_, to pull out, 86

_calab_ (160,000), 19

_calacal_, perforated, 52

_caluac_, the “staff of office,” 52, 128, 130

_camach_, a jaw bone, 85

_canan_, a sentinel, guardian, 34

_canan chulchan_, Venus, 34

_canzicnal_, serpent being, 41

_cauac_, a day name, 115

_cayob_, T., a drum, 93

_ceh_, a deer; a month name, 119

_chaam_, the (molar) teeth, 43

_chac_, red, strong; water, etc., 34, 40, 109

_chac ek_, Venus, 34

_chacal ik_, strong wind, 40

_cham_, a jaw bone, 85

_chamal dzutan_, shooting stars, 35

_che_, tree, wood, 45

_chebel_, to paint; a paint brush, 42

_chel_, the rainbow, 40

_ch’en_, a month name; a well, 118

_chi_, to bite, 89; a mouth, 112

_chibil kin_, a solar eclipse, 36

_chibil u_, a lunar eclipse, 36

_chicchan_, a day name, 111

_chich_, strong, powerful, swift, hard, 96

_chich kuch_, to twist thread, 96

_chimal_, shield, 34

_chimal ek_, the north star, 34

_chimal ik_, the north wind, 34

_chimil_, a medicine bag, 128

_chinax_, T., a knife, 89

_chu_, a calabash, 112

_chuen_, a day name, 23, 112

_chulchan_, the sky or heavens, 34

_chun_, the first, the beginning, 23, 113

_ci_, to trickle, 114

_cib_, a day name, 114

_cicil_, a knife, 84

_cimi_, a day name, 111

_coz_, an owl, 73

_cuceb_, a squirrel, 109

_cucul_, covered; revolving, 56, 109

_culinte_, T., a drum of wood, 93

_cum_, a vase, 41, 48

_cum ku_, a month name, 121

_cun_, to conjure, 44

_cuzaan_, or _cuzam_, a swallow, 42

_dzacab_, a generation, 25

_dzacah_, to heal by magic rites, 93

_dzacatan_, a medicine drum, 93

_dzicnial_, 39

_dzip_, to skin animals, 42

_dziz_, coolness, cold, 42

_eb_, a day name, 113

_eb-che_, a ladder, 77

_ebtun_, a stone stairway, 113

_ebzah_, to sharpen, 113

_ek_, star; black, 34; dyewood, fat, 109

_ek chuh_, scorpion, 67

_ezanab_, a day name, 114

_ghan_, T., maize, 62

_haycabal_, a destruction, 46

_hobnil_, hollow; the belly, 40

_hozan_, disembowelled, 41

_hub_, a snail, 75

_hun_, one, 25

_hunab_, only, sole, 37

_hunbalan u_, the moon in conjunction, 36

_ibach_, an armadillo, 72

_ical_, or _ic_, T., black, 67

_ich_, an eye; a face; twins, 84

_ik_, wind, breath, life, soul, etc., 50, 115

_ik_, a day name, 91, 115

_ikomne_, a comet, 35

_imix_, a day name, 115

_itz_, fluid, 52

_ix_, feminine prefix, 40

_ix-bouat_, a prophetess, 68

_ix chel_, the rainbow, 40

_ix-cunal than_, a conjuress, 68

_ix kan leom_, a spider-web, 40

_ix kin_, priestess, 68

_ix nuc_, old woman, 43

_kaax_, a knot; a harvest-field, 41

_kab_, a hand, arm, finger, juice, sap, tears, 83

_kaba_, a name, 83

_kabil_, his hand, 38

_kak_, fire, 42, 120

_kak mo_, a bird, 39

_kal_, twenty, 19

_kan_, money, food, etc., 109

_kan kin_, a month name, 120

_katun_, 11, 22, 28

_kax_ or _kaax_, a knot, 91

_kax pol_, the tress of the hair, 91

_kaxala_, to rain; the rain, 91

_kayab_, a month name, 120

_kin katun_, 28

_kin_, }

_kinal_, } see p. 87

_kinam_, }

_kinchil_ (3,200,000), 19

_kin ich_ (deriv.), 39

_koh_, a mask, 69

_ku_, a god; divine, 37

_kuch_, a vulture, 46, 73

_kul_, divine, 95

_kukum_, a feather, 95

_kup_, to sacrifice, to cut, 69

_lakin chan_ (deriv.), 38

_lamat_, a day name, 111

_licil dzicil_, a knife, 89

_lilābal_, a sprinkler, 104

_lom_, a lance, 43

_lum_, the earth, 48

_maax_, a monkey, 72

_mac_, to extinguish; a cover; a turtle; a month name, 119

_mach_, to grasp, 83

_mai_ or _maay_, dust, smoke, fume, 25, 68

_mam_, a numeral, 19; grandfather, 128

_manik_, a day name, 39, 111

_matzab_, antennæ, rays, 98

_mechun_, a numeral, 19

_mehen ek_, a constellation, 35

_men_, a day name, 114

_miatz_, a scholar, 25

_moan_, see muan

_mol_, a month name, 118

_molay ik_, a hurricane, 112

_moo_, the macaw, 73

_moxic_, T., a day name, 39

_muan_, a falcon, cloudy, 74; also, a month name, 120

_muc_, to cover, to bury, 61

_much_, a frog, 75

_mucul canan_, Venus, 34

_mucul mam_, a numeral, 19

_mucul u_, the waning moon, 61

_muluc_, a day name, 111

_muyal_, clouds, 48, 52, 74

_muyan_, see muan

_nak caan_, the sky, 99

_na_, a house, 37

_nen_, a mirror, 105

_noh_, great, strong; right hand, 34

_noh ek_, great star, 34

_nohnial_, 39

_nuc_, old, 43

_nech_, provisions, 42

_oc_, to enter; a day name, 112

_ol_, the soul or spirit, 48

_oxlahun_, thirteen, 25

_paakal_, to frighten, 44

_pacat_, face, 44

_pax_, a musical instrument, 92; a month name, 120

_paxan_, completed, finished, 92, 125, 129

_pax che_, a wooden drum, 92

_pec_, to rattle, to thunder, 63, 71

_pec chac_, thunder, 63

_pechhec hol_, flat-headed, 62

_pek_, a dog, 71

_pic_, eight thousand, 19

_picit_, a fan, 105

_pixan_, the soul, 25

_pocam_, a cleansing, 55

_pop_, a mat; a month name, 116

_ppeta_, to perform religious rites; to cry with pain, 69

_ppua_, dew, 42

_pputum_, small, 43

_ppuz_, bent over, 43

_puch_, to spoil, to undo, to destroy, 44

_puhaa_, to blow forth water from the mouth, 98

_puy_, a shell, 19

_ta_, a knife; excrement, 89

_tah_, a dramatic representation, 89

_tab_, cord, twenty 19, 42

_tamacaz_, the milky way, 35

_tan kukul_, before the gods, 44

_tankul_, a drum, 93

_tem_, an altar of stone, 48

_tixl_ (Cak.), the tapir, 55

_tub_, to spit, 42

_tun_, a stone, a jewel, 42

_tunkul_, see _tankul_

_tup_, to stop up, to extinguish; also, ear-rings, 85, 120

_tupul u uich kin_, a solar eclipse, 36

_tzab_, rattles of the rattlesnake; the Pleiades, 35, 63

_tza ec_, a comet, 35

_tzapa_, short, 43

_tzec_, a scorpion; a month name, 117

_tzekel_, a death’s head, 117

_tzimin_, the tapir, 55

_tzotzceh_ (3,200,000), 19

_tzuc_, a five-day period, 28

_U_, the moon.; a necklace; his; 36, 86, 87

_ua_ or _ual_, a dot, 97; a fan, 105

_uac_, six, 43

_ual_, month, 118

_u nupptanba_, the moon in opposition, 36

_uil_, food; advantageous, 86

_uinal_, month; twenty, 87

_uinic_, a man, 43, 87

_uo_, a frog, 75; a month name, 116

_uooh_, a book; a letter, 116

_ut_, a snail, 75

_xamach_, a platter, 58

_xaman_, north, 34

_xaman ek_, the north star, 34

_xanab xux_, a bee, 60

_xel_, a comb, etc., 86

_xicin_, an ear; a shell, 85

_xik_, wing of a bird, 84

_xikal_, a queen, 84

_xiix_, bran, husks of grain, 97

_xoc_, to sing, to chant, 42

_xoc_, the breech clout, 91

_xul_, a planting stick, 105; to end; a month name, 117

_xulab_, an ant, 36

_xulub_, horns, 118

_xux_, a wasp, 60

_xux ek_, Venus, 60

_yax_, green; blue; fresh; strong; virile; early, 95; a month name, 119

_yax che_, green tree, 45, 48

_yax kin_, a month name, 118, 129

_yax kukul_, a feather ornament, 95

_yé_, to appear, to show oneself, 43

_yetal_, and, 100

_yum_, father, ruler, 41

_zac_, white, east, v. pp. 109, 110; a month name, 119

_zacal_, to weave, 109

_zacan_, bread, 109

_zac ik_, east wind, 41

_zac nohol ik_, southeast wind, 41

_zac xaman ik_, northeast wind, 41

_zac zini_, white being, 41

_zaztal ek_, Venus, 34

_zec_, a month name, 117

_zin_, to stretch out, 75

_zinaan_, a scorpion, 75

_zinaan ek_, a constellation, 75

_zinil_, the earth, 75

_zip_, a month name, 117

_zipik kin_, the sunset, 117

_zodz_, a bat; a month name, 117

_zuhuy_, a virgin, 42

II. INDEX OF AUTHORS.

Aguilar, 26, 45

Allen, H., 86, 95, 103, 119, etc.

Baeza, P., 93

Becker, H. F., 137

Beltran de Santa Rosa, 44

Berendt, C. H., 48, 74, 93, 110, 138

Boas, F., 62

Boban, E., 104

Brasseur, Abbé, 13, 14, 15, 23, 51, 83, 86, 90, 112, etc.

Carrillo, C., 62

Charencey, H. de, 12

Charnay, D., 11, 143

Chavero, A., 54, 79, 97, 109

Chilan Balam, Books of, 46, 47, 109

Clarke, W. P., 83

Cresson, H. T., 13, 15

Cogolludo, P., 39, 47, 51

Culin, S., 24

Cushing, F. H., 48

Dieseldorff, E. P., 104

Dupaix, C., 95

Duran, D., 66, 92

Fewkes, J. W., 41, 55, 57, 70

Förstemann, E. W., 12, 13, 18, 29, 33, 74, etc.

Hernandez, P. R., 37

Herrera, A., 39

Holden, E. S., 11, 13

Kingsborough, Lord, 12, 95

Landa, D. de, 14, 26, 35, 39, 43, 54, 68, 104, 116

Lara, D., 60, 93

Las Casas, B., 37

Leon, M., 26

Lizana, P., 37

Mallery, G., 83, 99

Maudslay, A. P., 11, 12, 21, 23, 102, 136

Motul, Dicc., 37

Nuñez, de la Vega, 25, 39, 62, 67, 68, 113

Nuttall, Z., 26, 32, 105

Orantes, S., 138

Parry, F., 50

Peet, S. D., 101

Peñafiel, A., 97

Perrin, P., 12

Pineda, E., 113

Pineda, V., 19

Pio Perez, 41, 119

Plongeon, Dr. Le, 11, 15, 95

Popol Vuh, 48, 50, 61

Pousse, A., 12, 21, 31, 79, 80, 101

Putnam, F. W., 11

Rada y Delgado, J. D., 14

Rau, C., 13

Rochefoucauld, F. A., 16

Rosny, L. de, 12, 14, 85, 115, 137

Saville, M. H., 92

Schellhas, P., 12, 43, 50, 51, 62, 71, 81, 121, 136, etc.

Schrader, Dr., 26

Schultz-Sellack, Dr., 41

Seler, E., 10, 25, 32, 43, 44, 45, 71, 83, 86, 124, etc.

Squier, E. G., 141

Stephens, J. L., 11

Stone, W., 72

Thomas, C., 13, 16, 24, 29, 32, 34, 50, 51, 76, 86, 128, etc.

Thompson, E. C., 136

Valentini, F., 86

Waldeck, F., 54

Ximenes, F., 50, 96

III. GENERAL INDEX.

Acan, 42

Acat, 43

Ah chuy kak, 44
cun can, 44
dziz, 42
kak nech, 42
kin xoc, 42
ppua, 42
puch, 44, 64

Ahulane, 44

Ah zakik ual, 42

Alphabets, of Landa, 14; of other writers, 15–17

Anum, the first man, 46

Armadillo, the, 72

Aspersorium, the, 105, 123

Atlatl, the, 105

Bacabs, the, 40

Baptism, native, 76

Baton of office, 52, 128, 130

Bean symbol, 89, 121, 122
sign, 89

Beards, on images, 39, 57

Bee god, the, 59–61, 98

Bells, as ornaments, 64, 83

Ben, or Been, myths of, 113

_Ben-ik_ sign, 91, 123

Birds, figures of, 72

Bissextile years, 26

Black gods, 66, 124

Calendar signs, 22
systems, 26–29

Canopies, 96

Canzicnal, 41

Cardinal points, the, 40, 41, 108

Centeotl, 62

Ceremonial circuit, the, 41

Chac mool, 95

Chacs, the, 40

Chamay bac, 44

Chiapas, 37, 138

Chichen Itza, 38

Chilan Balam, Books of, 14, 19

Cit bolon tun, 42

Cloud balls, 98

Codices, the, 11; as time-counts, 18

Colors, symbolism of, 40, 41
signs for, 109

Comb sign, 86

Comets, 35

Conjurers, 68

Constellation band, the, 106

Copan, inscriptions, 21, 107, 136

Cork-screw curl, 98

Cosmic sign, the, 24, 50

Cosmogony of Mayas, 46

Cross hatching, 24, 96

Cross, Tablet of, 62, 137

Crotalean curve, 102

Cuculcan, 38, 49, 55–57, 61

Cum ahau, 41

Days, hieroglyphs of, 109

Death, god of, 44, 64, 121
signs for, 84, 97

Deers, 72, 119

Directive signs, 88, 108

Dogs, figures of, 71, 129
signs for, 89, 95, 112, 125
as food animals, 90

Dots, their meanings, 97

Drum signs, 91. See _pax_

Dwarfs, 43

Ear rings, 85

Earth-goddess, the, 61, 64, 91, 95, 100

Eclipses, 36

Ek ahau, 66, 67
chua, 42, 66, 67

Epochs of the Universe, 46

Evening Star, the, 61, 64

Evil, gods of, 43

Eye, signs for, 83–85

Falcon, the crested, 74

Fans, 104, 105

Feather balls, 95
signs, 84, 94

Female divinities, 40–44

Fish, 90

“Fish and oyster” sign, 89

Flatheads, 62

Flint-knife, the, 88, 109

Folk-lore of Yucatan, 43

Food offerings, the, 90
sign for, 86

Frog, the, 75

Gemini, 35

Ghanan, 62, 123

Gukumatz, 38, 61

Hand, the, as deity, 38
the closing, 102
signs for, 82

Hex chun chan, 44

Hobnil, 40

Holy water, 104

House, signs for, 88

Hozan ek, 41

Huastecan, 10

Hunab ku, 37

Hun ahau, 44
pic tok, 44

Ical ahau, 67, 124

Iguana, the, 90, 122

Ikonomatic writing, 13, 82, 97

“Initial series” of glyphs, 24, 92, 93, 136

Itzamna, 37, 51–55, 101, 122, 124

Ix chebel yax, 42
chel, 40, 64
hun yé, 43
hun yeta, 43
kan leom, 40
nuc, 43
tabai, 42
tub tun, 42

Jade, jewels of, 88

Jaguar, the, 72, 126

Jupiter, planet, 106

Kabah, inscription of, 52, 135

Kabil, 38, 51

Kak u pacat, 44

“Keys” to the hieroglyphs, 16, 17

Kin ich, 39, 57, 123, 124
ahau Itzamna, 40

_Kin_ sign, the, 88

Knife signs, 88, 109

Knives, sacrificial, 89

Knots, 100

Labna, 136

Lakin chan, 38, 51

Life, symbol of, 49, 115
tree of, 49, 53, 59, 62, 101, 128

Lightning, symbols, 71, 74, 89, 104

Lorillard City, 29

Lunar years, 26

Macaw, the, 73

Machete, the, 102

Maize god, the, 62, 123

Mam, the god, 128

Man, the first, 46
signs for, 86, 97

Mars, planet, 106

Masks, use of, 54, 55

Mayan, meaning of, 10

Medicine drum, 93
rattle, 104
bag, 128

Menche, 29

Mercury, planet, 106

Metals, use of, 104

Mexican writing, 10, 79

Mimosa, the, 105

Mirrors, 104, 105

Mitna, 44

Mixcoatl, 39

Milky Way, the, 35

_Moan_ bird, the 74, 125

Money, the native, 110

Monkey, the, 72

Monograms of gods, 121

Months, signs for, 88

Moon, words for, 36
signs for, 87

Mother Earth, sign for, 91, 95, 100

Mugeres, Isla de, 42

Nagualism, 98

Necklace, sign for, 86

North Star, the, 34, 57–59

Numbers, sacred and symbolic, 24, 25

Ococingo, 139

Orion, 35

Owl, the, 73

Pakoc, 44

Palæography, Mayan, 127

Palenque inscriptions, 13, 16, 21, 54, 62, 95, 136, 137

Pelican, the, 74

Phallic emblems, 24, 90, 95

Picture writing, 98

Pleiades, the, 35, 63

Pole star, the, 57–59

Pottery decoration, 58, 122

Ppiz lim tec, 42

Priesthood, the, 68

Pucugh, 44

Quetzal bird, 73

Quetzalcoatl, 39

Quiches, 44, 140

Quirigua, 21

Rainbow goddess, 40

Rain signs, 91–94
symbols, 72, 74, 75

Rattlesnake, the, 75

Rays, signs for, 98

Rebus writing, 13

Rhetorical use of numbers, 24

Rubrication of codices, 79

Sacred numbers, 25

Sastanquiqui, ruins of, 106

Saturn, planet, 106

Scorpion symbol, 67, 75, 117

Serpent eye, the, 84
goddess, the, 63, 124
gods, 38, 124, 128
the feathered, 38, 56, 57
wand, 103

Shells, symbolism of, 19, 90

Shield, the heavenly, 107
star, the, 58

Shields, designs on, 95

Shooting stars, 35

Smoke, sign for, 97

Solstice, symbol of, 74

Souls, fate of, 44

“Spectacles” sign, 85

Speech, sign for, 97, 98

Spider-web goddess, 40

Sun god, the, 39, 57, 123
signs, 87

Tableau des Bacabs, 48, 64

Tancucula, 44

Tapir, the, 54, 138

Tel cuzaan, 42

Terrestrial Paradise, 46

Textile signs, 96

Thirteen, as symbolic, 25

Thunder, personified, 63

Tikal, 29

Time, symbols of, 76, 127, 128

Tlaloc, 51, 55

Tomahawk, the, 104

_Tonalamatl_, the, 27, 29, 31

Tongue, piercing, 76

Toniná, 139

Tree of life, 48, 53, 59, 62, 101, 128

“Trinal” emblem, 95, 136

Turkey, the, 74, 90

Turtle, the, 74, 119, 126

Tzental dialect, 19, 35, 113

Tzentals, 37, 38, 113

Uac lom chaam, 43

Underworld, the, 44

Union, signs for, 100

Venus, the planet, 33, 34, 106
sign for, 88, 106

Vigesimal system, 18

Vultures, 73, 125

War, gods of, 44, 65, 123

Water deities, 40, 41

Wind cross, the, 115, 116

World-sign, the, 129

Writing, direction of, 79

Xabalba, 44

Xaman ek, the North Star, 57

Xibilba, 44

Xipe, 66

_Xiuhmolpilli_, the, 31

Xnuc, see Ix nuc

Xmucane, 49, 50, 61, 63, 112, 125

Xoc bitum, 42

Xpiyacoc, 61

Xux Ek, Venus, 60

Yax coc ah-mut, 38

Yellow, sign for, 88

Yucatan, 9, 37, 42, etc.

Yum chac, 41
cimil, 44
kaax, 41

Zac chamay Bac, 44

Zac zini, 41

Zotzils, 12, 138

Zuhuy dzip, 42

Zuhuy kak, 42

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Changed “plainly visibly” to “plainly visible” on p. 43. 2. Changed “presented Fig. 30” to “presented in Fig. 30” on p. 83. 3. Changed “Fig. No. 2” to “Fig. 42 No. 2” on p. 93. 4. Changed “ths divinity; No. 7, fromi” to “this divinity; No. 7, from” on p. 122. 5. “_Dicc. Motul_” is frequently referred to as “_Dic. Motul_”. Did not change. 6. Silently corrected typographical errors. 7. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 8. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.