. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . utes 1 As will be explained in chapter V, the writer has suggested the name hotun for the 5 tun, or 1,800 day,period. 2 Succession In the Aztec royal house was not determined by primogeniture, though the supreme ofSce,the tloMouani, as well as the other high ofRces of state, was hereditary in one family. On the death o{the tlahtouani the electors (four in number) seem to have selected his successor from among his brothers,or, these failing, from among his nephews. Except as limiting the succession to one family, primogenituredoes not see
. An introduction to the study of the Maya hieroglyphs . utes 1 As will be explained in chapter V, the writer has suggested the name hotun for the 5 tun, or 1,800 day,period. 2 Succession In the Aztec royal house was not determined by primogeniture, though the supreme ofSce,the tloMouani, as well as the other high ofRces of state, was hereditary in one family. On the death o{the tlahtouani the electors (four in number) seem to have selected his successor from among his brothers,or, these failing, from among his nephews. Except as limiting the succession to one family, primogenituredoes not seem to have obtained; for example, Moctezoma (Montezuma) was chosen tlahtouani over theheads of several of his older brothers because he was thought to have the best qualifications tor that exaltedoffice. The situation may be summarized by the statement that while the supreme ruler ajnong theAztec had to be of the blood royal, his selection was determined by personal merit rather than byprimogenJtvirei MORLEY] INTEODUCTION TO STUDY OF MAYA HIEROGLYPHS 17. Fig. 2. Kukuloan,God of Learning(note his nameglyph, helow). and life history are so human that it is not improbable he may havebeen an actual historical character, some great lawgiver and organ-izer, the memory of whose benefactions lingered longafter death, and whose personality was eventually dei-fied. The episodes of his life suggest he may have beenthe recolonizer of Chichen Itza after the destruction ofChakanputun. Kukulcan has been identified by someas the old god of the picture-writings (fig. 2), whosecharacteristics are: Two deformed teeth, one protrudingfrom the front and one from the back part of his mouth,and the long tapering nose. He is to be distinguishedfurther by his peculiar headdress. The most feared and hated of all the Maya deitieswas Ahpuch, the Lord of Death, God Barebones asan early manuscript calls him, from whom evil andespecially death were thought to come. He is frequently representedin the picture-wr
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