. Bulletin. Ethnology. 388 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bt:LL. 2S the headdress, has, attached to it by a bow, the hieroglyph of the planet Venus. I can not refrain from comparing this hieroglyph with k. the figure drawn on pages 80 to 84 of Codex Vaticanus B in front of the breast of the deity of the planet Venus (see h, figure 97) and wdiich is intended to represent an eye of light, perhaps a star, as will be seen by comparing it with the bright sky (?, figure J01). I am, therefore, inclined to think that we ought to recog- nize in our i, figure 101, the Maya representation of the deity of
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 388 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bt:LL. 2S the headdress, has, attached to it by a bow, the hieroglyph of the planet Venus. I can not refrain from comparing this hieroglyph with k. the figure drawn on pages 80 to 84 of Codex Vaticanus B in front of the breast of the deity of the planet Venus (see h, figure 97) and wdiich is intended to represent an eye of light, perhaps a star, as will be seen by comparing it with the bright sky (?, figure J01). I am, therefore, inclined to think that we ought to recog- nize in our i, figure 101, the Maya representation of the deity of the morning star, or the planet Venus. The hieroglyph corresponds. Fig. 103. Glyphs and deity figures from the Maya codices. in its essential elements with the principal hieroglyph of the moan bird («, figure 102). In interpreting the latter I made use of the oxlahun taz muyal, " thirteen layers of clouds ", which are invoked in the Misa milpera Xcanchakan. The regent of the third period, with his hieroglyj)h, is reproduced in b, figure 102. This one, too, is not in the Schellhas list, nor are the regents of the last two periods. The face exhibits unmistakable animal characteristics, and an animaTs ear can be distinguished above the pierced ear disk. The hieroglyph contains an element which occurs as the essential element in the hieroglyi>h of a god with a deer's. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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