Wen C^an = Meso-American day-signs
Wen C^an |
Meso-American day-sign |
25, p. 142 "praises of a white colt." |
7. Mazatl "deer" {deer are ridden by Daoist deities} |
loc. cit. "bundles of silk ... and flags" |
8. Tochtli "rabbit" {cf. the nursery rhyme "rabbit-skin to wrap his baby bunting in"} |
28, p. 151 "development of the embryo during praegnancy" |
9. Atl "water" (amniotic?) |
29, p. 153 "exhausting loyalty" (like Fido the hound?) |
10. Itzcuintli "hound" |
30, p. 156 "went on a long excursion ... to the far west" (As in the book Monkey = Journey to the West) |
11. Ozomatli "monkey" |
31, p. 159 "that your eyes flash, and that the sound of your cough rumbles" |
12. Malinalli, depicted as eyeballs attached to a jawbone [signifying a cough?] |
31, p. 161 "Plucking out a long bamboo ... |
13. Acatl "reed" |
I found ... shaped like a fallen star ... a 'tiger's potency'." |
14. Ocelotl "ocelot" |
32, p. 164 the god of a mountain, on the day of a maiden's marriage, "took delight in this maiden, seized her soul and despoiled her." Afterwards, he "returned the soul of the girl, who regained consciousness." |
15. Quauhtli "eagle" {cf. Kambhojan-Vietnamese myth of eagle-god who carried off the woman Soma to the moon} |
33, p. 166 "reached the vault of heaven" [p. 167 "The god of the Metal Heaven"] |
16. Cozca-quauhtli "necklace(metallic?)-eagle = vulture" [vultures are said to ascend into heaven in South American Indian mythologies] |
33, p. 167 "The three streams all trembled, mountains toppled, and rivers ran dry" |
17. Ollin "movement", described as the earthquake which shall end the world |
34, p. 170 "the mad whirlwind" |
18. Quiahuitl "rain" |
35, p. 174 bandit "chopped off" own wife's head |
19. Tecpatl "flint (knife-blade)" |
36, p. 176 "cutting down orchids" |
20. Xochitl "flower" |
37, p. 179 "The city parapets swayed and toppled ... of White Horse" |
1. Cipactli, depicted as crocodile, lacking lower jaw, and spiny (prickly): the prickle = light-rays of Lagenaria phosphorea, which is in appearance like a crocodile, lacking lower jaw. White Horse of AI 6:2 & 19:11 flieth (like L. ph.), and the Babylon of AI 16-18 is the tower of Babel which toppled according to the midras^i^m on BR 11:1-9 |
38, p. 182 "Master of the Winds ... in the swirling winds" |
2. Ehecatl "wind" |
40, p. 187 "The tutelary spirit of her house" |
3. Calli "house" |
loc. cit. "to climb over the wall ... died swallowing all ten fingers." |
4. Cuetzpallin "lizard" |
41, p. 189 "will bear fruit" |
4. [Maya Kan "ripe"] |
47, p. 208 "a large snake entering a cave" |
5. Coatl "snake" |
50, p. 218 "he lit incense on the top of his head" |
6. Miquiztli "death" (depicted as a skull) |
51, p. 222 "pointing at a stone they took an oath" |
7. [Maya Manik, depicted as hand pointing (in order to take oath?)] |
references:
Terry F. Kleeman: A God's Own Tale. State U. of NY Pr, 1994
AI = Apokalupsis of Ioannes
BR = B-R>s^yt