The great similarity between the names of the days in the calendar of Oajaca, Chiapas, and Soconusco, and those of the Yucatecos, has been mentioned, and appears clearly by comparing the latter with those of the said provinces, which Veytia has transcribed in his history, chap. xi., at the end. |---------------------|-------------------| | Days of the | Days of the | | Oajaquian Month. | Yucateco Month. | |---------------------|-------------------| | 1. Votan. | 1. Kan. | | 2. Ghanan. | 2. Chicchan. | | 3. Abagh. | 3. Quimi. | | 4. Tox. | 4. Manik. | | 5. Moxic. | 5. Lamat. | | 6. Lambat. | 6. Muluc. | | 7. Molo or Mulu. | 7. Oc. | | 8. Elah or Elab. | 8. Chuen. | | 9. Batz. | 9. Eb. | | 10. Enoh or Enob. | 10. Ben. | | 11. Ben. | 11. Hix or Gix. | | 12. Hix. | 12. Men. | | 13. Tzinkin. | 13. Quib. | | 14. Chabin. | 14. Caban. | | 15. Chue or Chic. | 15. Edznab. | | 16. Chinax. | 16. Cauac. | | 17. Cahogh. | 17. Ajau. | | 18. Aghual. | 18. Ymix. | | 19. Mox. | 19. Yk. | | 20. Ygh. | 20. Akbal. | |---------------------|-------------------| Oajacan Ghanan, _gh_ being pronounced as _k_, is the same with the Yucateco _Kan_ or _Kanan_ (yellow); Molo or Mulu, _Muluc_; Chue, _Chuen_; Aghual, _Akbal_ ox _Akual_; Ygk, _Yk_; Lambat, _Lamat_; Ben and Hix, _Be-en_ and _Gix_ or _Hix_. These analogies, and the fact that some of the Yucateco names have no known signification, induce the belief that both calendars had a common origin, with only such alterations as the priests made on account of particular events or for other reasons; which alterations our Indians adopted, leaving the other signs unchanged, either because they were accustomed to them, or because their signification, now forgotten, was then known. The Indians of Yucatan had yet another species of cycle; but as the method followed by them in using it cannot be found, nor any example by which an idea of its nature might be imagined, I shall only copy what is literally said of it in a manuscript, viz.: "There was another number, which they called _Ua Katun_, and which served them as a key to find the Katunes. According to the order of its march, it falls on the days of the _Uayeb jaab_, and revolves to the end of certain years: Katunes 13, 9, 5, 1, 10, 6, 2, 11, 7, 3, 12, 8, 4." [N.B. Uayeb jaab is one of the names given to the five supplementary days of the year, and also to the last four years of the Ajau of 24 years.]