. Bulletin. Ethnology. L Fig. 5. Day signs and related glyphs from the Maya codiees. "descent from above". Thus in the hieroglyph of the tiftli canlinal point {e to g, figure 1), which denotes the center; in the hieroglyph of the bee {e to h, figure 5), which represents an insect swooping down from above; in the hieroglyphs (/ to n, figure 5) which illustrate pcniring from a jug or wine skin; in the hieroglyph o, which denotes the felling of the tree; in the snake formed by the sign Cal)an, upon whicii. in the Dresden codex, page 3(»^/, the green Chac, the Chac of the fifth direc- ti
. Bulletin. Ethnology. L Fig. 5. Day signs and related glyphs from the Maya codiees. "descent from above". Thus in the hieroglyph of the tiftli canlinal point {e to g, figure 1), which denotes the center; in the hieroglyph of the bee {e to h, figure 5), which represents an insect swooping down from above; in the hieroglyphs (/ to n, figure 5) which illustrate pcniring from a jug or wine skin; in the hieroglyph o, which denotes the felling of the tree; in the snake formed by the sign Cal)an, upon whicii. in the Dresden codex, page 3(»^/, the green Chac, the Chac of the fifth direc- tion, is descending. When, in my former article, I described tiiis caban. 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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