Astika |
Aztec |
Maya |
gods of 9 planets |
9 lords of night |
glyphic series of 9 |
1. Agni "fire" |
1. Xiuh-tecuhtli "fire" |
G2 glyph of |
with burning incense |
burning incense ? |
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2. ITZtli "flint": underworld |
G3 ITZ-glyph |
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2. Vyana, (bodily) wind |
knives as winds |
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3. Piltzin-tecuhtli, his |
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3. Kalmas.a "dyed" |
hair red (dyed?); |
G4 glyph of face with |
streak on cheek |
dots on cheek |
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4. Vis.n.u, from whose navel |
4. Cin-teotl with |
G5 glyph of |
a flower bearing god of |
a flowering tree; |
plant-shoot ? |
guna rajas "pollen" |
maize (for pollen ?) |
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5. S`ukra, author of |
5. Mictlan-tecuhtli, |
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law-code |
judge of the dead; |
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directional roads |
G6 "North" |
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6.Gauri "Yellow", cf. |
6. Chalchihuitl-icue, of |
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Daoist "Yellow Springs" |
water-sources; |
G7 glyph of face with |
2 stripes on jaw |
stripe on jaw |
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7. Praja-pati, god of |
7. Tlazolteotl, goddess of |
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procreation |
prostitution, |
G8 glyph of |
lifting snake |
snake-segment |
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8. Gan.a-pati, |
8. Tepe-yollotl |
G9 sun-god |
known to Bauddha-s as |
"mountain- |
underground |
Hr.daya "heart" |
heart" |
(heart of earth) |
9. Vis`va-karman = |
9. Tlaloc, four-fold, |
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Tvas.t.r., whose |
of |
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four cups became one |
4 buckets; |
G1 glyph |
fish leaping |
"fish-in-hand" |
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY, Number 16:
Studies in the Archaeology of Mexico and Guatemala. Berkeley, 1972.
pp. 53 to 69 David H. Kelley: "The Nine Lords of the NIght."