The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 — John Shaqi
The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
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The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
Maya language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Maya language -- Texts; Mayas -- Antiquities; Mayas -- History
At the last of the tenth Ahau Katun is ended the joining together
of thirteen katuns (which is) written on the face of the katun
circle; one doubling of the katuns, as it is called, will then
finish its course, and another katun will begin and will end as the
eighth katun; this begins a second time, as it began (at first) and
was then written.
In other words, if I do not miss the writer's meaning, the repetitions
of the great cycle of thirteen katuns were not counted from either of
its terminals, to wit, the thirteenth or the second katun, but from the
tenth katun. These repetitions were called _uuɔ katun_, the doubling
or foldings over of the katuns, and they were inscribed on the circle or
wheel of the katuns at that part of it where the tenth katun was
entered. These wheels were called _u pet katun_, the circle of the
katuns, or _u met katun_, the wheel of the katuns, or _u uazaklom
katun_, the return of the katuns. I have several copies of them, and one
is given in Landa's work, but I know of none which is a genuine
original, and, therefore, it is not surprising that I do not find on any
of them the signs referred to adjacent to the tenth katun.
For the convenience of the reader I have drawn up the following
chronological table of the events referred to in the Chronicles,
arranging them under the Great Cycles and Katuns to which they would
belong were the former numbered according to the regular sequence given
on page 59. I have also inserted the katuns which were omitted by the
native chroniclers, but which, according to that sequence, are necessary
in order to complete their records in accordance with the theory of the
Maya calendar. The references in Roman numerals are to the different
chronicles.
SYNOPSIS OF MAYA CHRONOLOGY.
_Great
Cycle._ _Katun._
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