custodians of idol at Dumat >al-Jandal, in >al-Qura

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name of custodian (BI, p. 55)

meaning of name (HWD)

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Meso-American day-sign

meaning of day-sign (A&ACS, figure 19)

           

0

Rabi<

rab< ‘region, territory’

17

Caban

the earth, the world

1

Qud.a<

gripe (colic)

18

Edznab

bleeder of fevers (Chilam Balam)

2

>al-H.af

h.afiya ‘to go barefooted, to have sore feet’

19

Quiahuitl

nahui quiahuitl was the sun (world-age) when the people became turkeys: cf. turkey-foot on CB, p. 64

mah.fuf ‘surrounded’ [scil., by dangers]

20

Hunahpu

he was surrounded by dangers in Xibalba (Popol Vuh)

h.afiy ‘welcoming’

1

Mox

left-handed (Quiche`) [cf. European leftists as those welcoming the era of good will]

3

<imran

<umr ‘life-span, lifetime’

2

Ik (Iq / Igh)

life

<imara ‘edifice, building’

3

Calli

house

4

H.ulwan

h.ulw ‘sweet’

4

Kan (Qanan / Ghanan)

ripe [of maize: cf. maize-sap as corn-syrup]

5

TaGlib

Galabiya ‘majority (greater portion)’

5

Coatl

snake [its length symbolizing the plurality of a majority]

taGallub ‘overcoming’

6

Cimi

death

6

Wabar

wabariy ‘made of toweling’

7

Mazatl

deer [in Markan.d.eya Puran.a, doe-deer rescueth Manu from deluge -- as if she were absorbing water like a towel ?]

wabr ‘daman, hyrax (coney)’

8

Tochtli

rabbit

7

Kalb

 

9

Mul-uc

tick (louse)

   

hound

10

Itzcuintli

hound

8

Tawr

tawra ‘eruption (of volcano)’ : [Latin] Volcanus cognate with [Vaidik] Valakilya-s the spider-gods (cf. spider-vehicle in A&S, p. 399)

11

Chuen

spider-monkey

9

Rufayd

rifada ‘bandage (over wound)’

12

Eb

[glyphic form] jawbone: cf. Vucub Cakix's jaw bandaged (Popol Vuh)

10

Zayd->al-La>t

la>t ‘cube for praeparation of sawiq’ (BI, p. 16): cf. sawayq ‘stem, stalk (of plants)’

13

Ben

reed

11

<udr

<idar ‘cheek’

14

Ocelotl

ocelot [Ge-khod, who became lion & tiger (A&S, p. 397), put sun & moon each cheeks (ibid., p. 398)]

12

<awf

<ayyaf ‘augur prognosticating by flight of birds’

15

Quauhtli

eagle [earliest form of Ge-khod was eagle (A&S, p. 397),

           

idol

Wadd

wad ‘ravine, gorge (canyon)’ : according to the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the canyon is a future mother, as perceived by a disincarnate soul

16

Cozca-quauhtli

vulture: vulture, according to Horapollon, is hieroglyph for motherhood

Insofar as Rabi< was son of Harit this custodianship can be deemed as stemmed from that of the idol of Suwa< at Ruh.at. in Yanbu< -- and each of the ancestors of Rabi< can be regarded as repraesenting a sequential guardianship.

bibliography:--

A&ACS = Hugh A. Moran & David H. Kelley: The Alphabet and the Ancient Calendar Signs. 2nd edn.,1970 (translating from Libro de los Libros de Chilam Balam, etc.)

CB = Codex Borgia

A&S = Samten G. Karmay (ed.): The Arrow & the Spindle. Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, 1998.

HWD = J. Milton Cowan: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.

BI = PRINCETON ORIENTAL STUDIES, Vol. 14 = His`am >ibn->al-Kalbi : The Book of Idols : Kitab >al->As.nam, translated by Nabih Amin Faris. Princeton U. Pr, 1952.