binary #

written

0du` I`re,te,`

meanings

#, lower register of

Codex Borgia, pp. 6 to 8; Codex Cospi

1:3 (p. 120 = 41:2)

1.1.1.1:1.1.2.1

Asa-nigboro -- Oburinburin Bu-omi ...

a`sa`si' "using magic drugs against person" bu`rin "moisten" bu` "dip out"

33

snake entering (= poisonous ingredient ?) into herbs in:

1:3 (p. 119 = 41:1)

I`ge`de`

i`ge,`de,`ge,de,` = ge,`de,`ge,de,` "sediment, dregs" [i.e., harmful substance eliminated out of solution by being praecipitated ?]

white prickly-cup (= instrument for neutralizing harmful substances ?)

2:3 (p. 444 = 209:2)

1.1.1.2:1.1.2.1

Iyalode (a woman) devised rites which were contended for by deceitful men;

i`ya'lo'o`de "head-woman of each township in E,`gba' country"

34

man shooting from his head a ray [cf. birth from head of Zeus of Goddess Athene, who contended with male deitiy over a

2:3 (p. 443 = 209:1)

source of the sea & the lagoon

sea-sourced well, in Athenai], over semicircle (= a well ?)

3:3 (p. 55 = 14:1)

1.1.2.1:1.1.2.1

Olu'-igbo'

igbo' thicket

35

flowered chain (?) [emblem for thicket?]:

3:3 (p. 56 = 14:4)

attempt to balance on head

on head of Tezcatli-poca

4:3 (p. 312-3 = 141:1-:2)

1.1.2.2:1.1.2.1

O,`ru'n-mi`la`

o,ru'n "period of 5 days" la` "split"

36

[5-clawed] leopard-paw with knifeblade inserted

5:3 (p. 523 = 245:2)

1.2.1.1:1.1.2.1

Ado

do`-do`-do` "dangling"

37

snakes dangling from sky

6:3 (p. 539 = 252:1)

1.2.1.2:1.1.2.1

O,`na`wo-funmirin

a`wo "dish" funfun = fifun "white"

38

over dish, a white vase

7:3 (p. 275 = 119:2)

1.2.2.1:1.1.2.1

Ari-s,e,'-mas,e

s,e,' "welled out"

39

black man vomitting [= ? drinker of "black drink"], vomitting after:

7:3 (p. 274 = 119:1)

Awe,roro-gbo,la

a`a`we,` "fasting" roro = to'ni'to'ni' = ko,nga'ko,nga' = s,a'ka's,a'ka' = to'to' "clean"

fasting, and so cleansing self

8:3 (p. 389 = 179:3)

1.2.2.2:1.1.2.1

Akinte,lu

akin "manly"

40

man letting own blood [cf. blood-letting from penis]

9:3 (pp. 468 = 221)

2.1.1.1:1.1.2.1

"the one who sleeps alone sleeps badly"

41

lone man with his eyen closed, in bad circumstance

10:3 (p. 231 = 95:2)

2.1.1.2:1.1.2.1

"apron of Awo"

42

feather-apron (?)

3 (p. 543 = 254:1)

2.1.2.1:1.1.2.1

(254:2 -- p. 544 "will die prematurely")

Olu`s,e,`so,n "God the Requiter" [<arabic "Master of the Day of the Requital" (day when the dead are resurrected)]

43

skull & crossbones (awaiting resurrection ?)

12:3 (p. 493 =231:1)

2.1.2.2:1.1.2.1

Awofusi

awo secrets

44

owl -- in CC, owl bristling with knife-blades [emblematic of secrets?]

13:3 (p. 352 =161:2)

2.2.1.1:1.1.2.1

can ... drown

45

netted [cf. Diktus, who, when he netted, rescued from the sea]

14:3 (p. 510 =239:1)

2.2.1.2:1.1.2.1

black

46

black -- in CC, # 47 black:

14:3 (p. 511 =239:2)

ram [the thunder-and-lightning beast (throughout Africa)]

Tlaloc the thunder-and-lightning-god

15:3 (pp. 420 =195:1)

2.2.2.1:1.1.2.1

"initiation" of E,niayewu

e,ni "person"

47

man emergent from conch [= initiation?]

16:13 (p. 176 =69:1)

2.2.2.2:1.1.2.1

salt

48

white foam [of sea?]