Navaho |
Codex Borgia |
p. 26 hunt rabbits; |
19, # 7 rabbit is caught; |
carried wood |
tree is chopped; |
p. 27. eagle's nest |
eagle; |
p. 30 snakes ascend | snake climbing tree |
p. 31 Turkey Buzzard |
18, # 8 Turkey Buzzard |
attacking human; |
dismembering human; |
Black Eagle |
Black Eagle |
p. 31 venison |
22, upper reg. deer is killed |
p. 31 revived by Fly |
[Maori: revived by fly] |
p. 31 Spider wove web |
[Codex Vindobonensis: cobweb] |
p. 34 "Awl Chant" |
22, # 1 awl |
p. 35 dancing beads |
22, # 2 beaded strand; |
p. 36 red bonnet |
red bonnet |
p. 39 Wind-god; |
23, # 3 Wind-god |
carried up |
looking upward |
p. 40 wrapped selves in |
23, # 4 man wearing |
eagle-down |
wings |
p. 41 girls fetch soapweed; |
23, # 5. goddess fetching herb; |
wash boys' hair; |
man in bath (?); |
bitten by watersnake |
"snake" day-sign |
p. 42 two kinds of Skies |
24, # 6 two kinds of skies |
p. 43 skyholes |
24, # 7 holes; |
p. 44. heads from darkness |
headfirst into darkness; |
p. 47 horns |
antler (?) |
p. 50 streak down nose |
24, # 8 striped clothing; |
of sacred grebe |
quetzal is cuddled; |
p. 51 wands are held |
pointer is held |
24, # 9 day-sign atl [= muluc, |
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cf. Molucca Is. of |
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p. 51 poisonous tobacco |
nutmeg] |
p. 55 Red Coyote at |
24, # 10 day-sign "hound"; |
willows, hooped; |
tree, breaking while |
man through hoops |
descended by man |
24, # 11 clothing speckled |
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p. 62 Fish, transparent |
(symbol for transparent ?) |
plate XVII spiked circlet |
23, # 12 spiked circlet worn by |
p. 65 Sun; Sun's pouch |
Sun-god, carrying pouch |
p. 65 War-gods |
23, # 13 spears |
p. 66 Talking God, white |
23, # 14 white Mictlantecuhtli |
23, # 15 own finger in mouth |
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p. 67 whistle |
(to whistle ?) |
p. 69 foam |
23, # 16 foaming pot |
p. 70 wives temporarily |
23, # 17 Tlazolteotl, goddess |
given to another man |
of prostitutes |
p. 72 on skin, perishable |
24, # 18 bird-skin [of old age] |
p. 73 spoke to people |
24, # 19 colloquy |
Gladys A. Reichard: |
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Navajo Medicine Man. |
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N.Y., 1939 |