Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . god, Chac. Theother characteristics of that god, the long crooked tooth and theliourish on the bridge of the nose, are lacking. It seems to me signifi-cant that the string of precious stones, hanging over in front from « The hieroglyphs of the regents of the Venus periods are also set down on the epito-mized p. 24, but only those of the regents of the first two periods. 388 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 the headdress, has, attached to it by a bow, the hieroglyph of theplanet Venus. I can not refrain from compar
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . god, Chac. Theother characteristics of that god, the long crooked tooth and theliourish on the bridge of the nose, are lacking. It seems to me signifi-cant that the string of precious stones, hanging over in front from « The hieroglyphs of the regents of the Venus periods are also set down on the epito-mized p. 24, but only those of the regents of the first two periods. 388 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 the headdress, has, attached to it by a bow, the hieroglyph of theplanet Venus. I can not refrain from comparing this hieroglyphwith the figure drawn on pages 80 to 84 of Codex Vaticanus Bin front of the breast of the deity of the planet Venus (see 6, figure07) and which is intended to represent an eye of light, perhaps astar, as will be seen by comparing it with the bright sky figureiOl). I am, therefore, inclined to think that we ought to recog-nize in our ^^ figure 101, the Maya representation of the deity of themorning star, or the planet Venus. The hieroglyph corresponds. / 9 Fig. 102. Glyphs and deity figures from the Maya codices. in its essential elements with the principal hieroglyph of the moanbird (a, figure 102). In interpreting the latter I made use of theoxlahun taz muyal, thirteen layers of clouds which are invokedin the Misa milpera Xcanchakan. The regent of the third period, with his hieroglypli, is reproducedin Z), figure 102. This one, too, is not in the Schellhas list, nor arethe regents of the last tAvo periods. The face exhibits unmistakableanimal characteristics, and an animaFs ear can be distinguished abovethe pierced ear disk. The hieroglyph contains an element whichoccurs as the essential element in the hieroglyph of a god with a deers SELEU] VENUS PERIOD IN PICTURE WRITINGS 389 head in the Dresden manuscript, r: also, it is true, in the Troanocodex, in a hieroglyph denoting a feminine occupation, weaving orembroidery, d. The regent of the fourth period is r
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