. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. IfJWi. w x y z Fig. 5. Day signs and related glyphs from the Maya codices. descent from above. Thus in the hieroglyph of the fifth cardinalpoint (e to g, figure 1), which denotes the center; in the hieroglyph ofthe bee (e to A, figure 5), which represents an insect swooping down fromabove; in the hieroglyphs (I to n, figure 5) which illustrate pouringfrom a jug or wine skin; in the hieroglyph <9, which denotes the fellingof the tree; in the snake formed by the sign Caban, upon which, in theDresden codex, page 30a, t
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. IfJWi. w x y z Fig. 5. Day signs and related glyphs from the Maya codices. descent from above. Thus in the hieroglyph of the fifth cardinalpoint (e to g, figure 1), which denotes the center; in the hieroglyph ofthe bee (e to A, figure 5), which represents an insect swooping down fromabove; in the hieroglyphs (I to n, figure 5) which illustrate pouringfrom a jug or wine skin; in the hieroglyph <9, which denotes the fellingof the tree; in the snake formed by the sign Caban, upon which, in theDresden codex, page 30a, the green Chac, the Chac of the fifth direc-tion, is descending. When, in my former article, I described this caban 52 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 28 snake, as well as d, which in the Dresden manuscript in several placesserves as a seat or footstool for Chac, and the element Caban generallyas the heavenly seat, I gave the wrong emphasis to descent from aboveinstead of to descent. In fact, this figure, like w, figure 4, which servesin other parts of the Dresden manuscript
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