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A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics

Chapter 40: III. GENERAL INDEX.
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A concise manual introducing Mayan hieroglyphic writing and its decipherment, covering the script's general character and surviving manuscripts, the numerical and calendrical systems and astronomical content, pictorial motifs including deities, cosmology and ritual, and graphic conventions for composing and reading glyphs. It explains Mayan numeric notation and time-count methods, catalogues common visual radicals and symbols, outlines methods for tracing ritual calendars, and offers specimen texts and analyses. The work aims to supply learners with elemental tools for studying inscriptions, combining descriptive summaries of glyphic elements with practical guidance for interpretation.

III. GENERAL INDEX.

  • Acan, 42
  • Acat, 43
  • Ah chuy kak, 44
  • Ahulane, 44
  • Ah zakik ual, 42
  • Alphabets, of Landa, 14; of other writers, 15–17
  • Anum, the first man, 46
  • Armadillo, the, 72
  • Aspersorium, the, 105, 123
  • Atlatl, the, 105
  • Bacabs, the, 40
  • Baptism, native, 76
  • Baton of office, 52, 128, 130
  • Bean symbol, 89, 121, 122
    • sign, 89
  • Beards, on images, 39, 57
  • Bee god, the, 59–61, 98
  • Bells, as ornaments, 64, 83
  • Ben, or Been, myths of, 113
  • Ben-ik sign, 91, 123
  • Birds, figures of, 72
  • Bissextile years, 26
  • Black gods, 66, 124
  • Calendar signs, 22
    • systems, 26–29
  • Canopies, 96
  • Canzicnal, 41
  • Cardinal points, the, 40, 41, 108
  • Centeotl, 62
  • Ceremonial circuit, the, 41
  • Chac mool, 95
  • Chacs, the, 40
  • Chamay bac, 44
  • Chiapas, 37, 138
  • Chichen Itza, 38
  • Chilan Balam, Books of, 14, 19
  • Cit bolon tun, 42
  • Cloud balls, 98
  • Codices, the, 11; as time-counts, 18
  • Colors, symbolism of, 40, 41
    • signs for, 109
  • Comb sign, 86
  • Comets, 35
  • Conjurers, 68
  • Constellation band, the, 106
  • Copan, inscriptions, 21, 107, 136
  • Cork-screw curl, 98
  • Cosmic sign, the, 24, 50
  • Cosmogony of Mayas, 46
  • Cross hatching, 24, 96
  • Cross, Tablet of, 62, 137
  • Crotalean curve, 102
  • Cuculcan, 38, 49, 55–57, 61
  • Cum ahau, 41
  • Days, hieroglyphs of, 109
  • Death, god of, 44, 64, 121
  • Deers, 72, 119
  • Directive signs, 88, 108
  • Dogs, figures of, 71, 129
  • Dots, their meanings, 97
  • Drum signs, 91. See pax
  • Dwarfs, 43
  • Ear rings, 85
  • Earth-goddess, the, 61, 64, 91, 95, 100
  • Eclipses, 36
  • Ek ahau, 66, 67
  • Epochs of the Universe, 46
  • Evening Star, the, 61, 64
  • Evil, gods of, 43
  • Eye, signs for, 83–85
  • Falcon, the crested, 74
  • Fans, 104, 105
  • Feather balls, 95
  • Female divinities, 40–44
  • Fish, 90
  • “Fish and oyster” sign, 89
  • Flatheads, 62
  • Flint-knife, the, 88, 109
  • Folk-lore of Yucatan, 43
  • Food offerings, the, 90
    • sign for, 86
  • Frog, the, 75
  • Gemini, 35
  • Ghanan, 62, 123
  • Gukumatz, 38, 61
  • Hand, the, as deity, 38
    • the closing, 102
    • signs for, 82
  • Hex chun chan, 44
  • Hobnil, 40
  • Holy water, 104
  • House, signs for, 88
  • Hozan ek, 41
  • Huastecan, 10
  • Hunab ku, 37
  • Hun ahau, 44
    • pic tok, 44
  • Ical ahau, 67, 124
  • Iguana, the, 90, 122
  • Ikonomatic writing, 13, 82, 97
  • “Initial series” of glyphs, 24, 92, 93, 136
  • Itzamna, 37, 51–55, 101, 122, 124
  • Ix chebel yax, 42
    • chel, 40, 64
    • hun yé, 43
    • hun yeta, 43
    • kan leom, 40
    • nuc, 43
    • tabai, 42
    • tub tun, 42
  • Jade, jewels of, 88
  • Jaguar, the, 72, 126
  • Jupiter, planet, 106
  • Kabah, inscription of, 52, 135
  • Kabil, 38, 51
  • Kak u pacat, 44
  • “Keys” to the hieroglyphs, 16, 17
  • Kin ich, 39, 57, 123, 124
    • ahau Itzamna, 40
  • Kin sign, the, 88
  • Knife signs, 88, 109
  • Knives, sacrificial, 89
  • Knots, 100
  • Labna, 136
  • Lakin chan, 38, 51
  • Life, symbol of, 49, 115
  • Lightning, symbols, 71, 74, 89, 104
  • Lorillard City, 29
  • Lunar years, 26
  • Macaw, the, 73
  • Machete, the, 102
  • Maize god, the, 62, 123
  • Mam, the god, 128
  • Man, the first, 46
  • Mars, planet, 106
  • Masks, use of, 54, 55
  • Mayan, meaning of, 10
  • Medicine drum, 93
  • Menche, 29
  • Mercury, planet, 106
  • Metals, use of, 104
  • Mexican writing, 10, 79
  • Mimosa, the, 105
  • Mirrors, 104, 105
  • Mitna, 44
  • Mixcoatl, 39
  • Milky Way, the, 35
  • Moan bird, the 74, 125
  • Money, the native, 110
  • Monkey, the, 72
  • Monograms of gods, 121
  • Months, signs for, 88
  • Moon, words for, 36
    • signs for, 87
  • Mother Earth, sign for, 91, 95, 100
  • Mugeres, Isla de, 42
  • Nagualism, 98
  • Necklace, sign for, 86
  • North Star, the, 34, 57–59
  • Numbers, sacred and symbolic, 24, 25
  • Ococingo, 139
  • Orion, 35
  • Owl, the, 73
  • Pakoc, 44
  • Palæography, Mayan, 127
  • Palenque inscriptions, 13, 16, 21, 54, 62, 95, 136, 137
  • Pelican, the, 74
  • Phallic emblems, 24, 90, 95
  • Picture writing, 98
  • Pleiades, the, 35, 63
  • Pole star, the, 57–59
  • Pottery decoration, 58, 122
  • Ppiz lim tec, 42
  • Priesthood, the, 68
  • Pucugh, 44
  • Quetzal bird, 73
  • Quetzalcoatl, 39
  • Quiches, 44, 140
  • Quirigua, 21
  • Rainbow goddess, 40
  • Rain signs, 91–94
  • Rattlesnake, the, 75
  • Rays, signs for, 98
  • Rebus writing, 13
  • Rhetorical use of numbers, 24
  • Rubrication of codices, 79
  • Sacred numbers, 25
  • Sastanquiqui, ruins of, 106
  • Saturn, planet, 106
  • Scorpion symbol, 67, 75, 117
  • Serpent eye, the, 84
  • Shells, symbolism of, 19, 90
  • Shield, the heavenly, 107
    • star, the, 58
  • Shields, designs on, 95
  • Shooting stars, 35
  • Smoke, sign for, 97
  • Solstice, symbol of, 74
  • Souls, fate of, 44
  • “Spectacles” sign, 85
  • Speech, sign for, 97, 98
  • Spider-web goddess, 40
  • Sun god, the, 39, 57, 123
    • signs, 87
  • Tableau des Bacabs, 48, 64
  • Tancucula, 44
  • Tapir, the, 54, 138
  • Tel cuzaan, 42
  • Terrestrial Paradise, 46
  • Textile signs, 96
  • Thirteen, as symbolic, 25
  • Thunder, personified, 63
  • Tikal, 29
  • Time, symbols of, 76, 127, 128
  • Tlaloc, 51, 55
  • Tomahawk, the, 104
  • Tonalamatl, the, 27, 29, 31
  • Tongue, piercing, 76
  • Toniná, 139
  • Tree of life, 48, 53, 59, 62, 101, 128
  • “Trinal” emblem, 95, 136
  • Turkey, the, 74, 90
  • Turtle, the, 74, 119, 126
  • Tzental dialect, 19, 35, 113
  • Tzentals, 37, 38, 113
  • Uac lom chaam, 43
  • Underworld, the, 44
  • Union, signs for, 100
  • Venus, the planet, 33, 34, 106
  • Vigesimal system, 18
  • Vultures, 73, 125
  • War, gods of, 44, 65, 123
  • Water deities, 40, 41
  • Wind cross, the, 115, 116
  • World-sign, the, 129
  • Writing, direction of, 79
  • Xabalba, 44
  • Xaman ek, the North Star, 57
  • Xibilba, 44
  • Xipe, 66
  • Xiuhmolpilli, the, 31
  • Xnuc, see Ix nuc
  • Xmucane, 49, 50, 61, 63, 112, 125
  • Xoc bitum, 42
  • Xpiyacoc, 61
  • Xux Ek, Venus, 60
  • Yax coc ah-mut, 38
  • Yellow, sign for, 88
  • Yucatan, 9, 37, 42, etc.
  • Yum chac, 41
    • cimil, 44
    • kaax, 41
  • Zac chamay Bac, 44
  • Zac zini, 41
  • Zotzils, 12, 138
  • Zuhuy dzip, 42
  • Zuhuy kak, 42