1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
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Zuyua was the seat of katun<br />
3 Ahau. As fated, Zuyua got the<br />
lordship. Ahau Can as Jaguar<br />
ruled in Merida. With the return<br />
of the constellation Nok,<br />
the Center priest Coc Ay the<br />
Crier was lord. (3738)<br />
THREE AFÍAU 135<br />
Bin hach sisac lum i<br />
Bin y anac u nohol<br />
Chapahal i<br />
Oox e<br />
U cuch<br />
Bin ix hokoc<br />
Ah chalamat<br />
l_ai u tus ci uchc i<br />
U ch'a haal<br />
Kaknab<br />
Ma t u ci ci pat-hal yxim i<br />
Tan cochil i.<br />
26. Zuyua<br />
(I4r) Ox lahun Suiua<br />
U hetz'<br />
Katun<br />
Ti ox Ahau<br />
Lie u than<br />
Ubel<br />
Suiua<br />
U hetz' y ahaulil.<br />
Hau lie u keulel Ahau Can<br />
Bai lie u keulel Balam*<br />
Ich Can Si Ho<br />
Ti ox kin<br />
U sut ekel<br />
Nok canal.*<br />
Yax Coc Ai Mut u u ich*<br />
Y ahaulil.<br />
It will be very numbing to the earth.<br />
It will have the south<br />
Taken.<br />
Three then<br />
3715 Are its burdens,<br />
And there must arrive<br />
The possibly evil people,<br />
That is who have lied—<br />
The taking of water<br />
3720 From the sea.<br />
Not the best expectation of corn,<br />
Just half.<br />
13 Zuyua<br />
Was the seat<br />
3725 Of the katun<br />
In 3 Ahau.<br />
Like its word,<br />
Its road,<br />
Zuyua<br />
3730 Was the seat of the lordship.<br />
Divided like the skin of the<br />
Rattlesnake,<br />
Just like the skin of the Jaguar<br />
In Heaven Born Merida.<br />
In three days<br />
3735 Was the return of the stars<br />
Of Nok on high.<br />
The Center priest Coc Ay Mut was<br />
the person<br />
In the lordship.<br />
3732. Ahau Can 'lord snake, rattlesnake', like Jaguar, is a title of the lord of the<br />
katun, who wore both jaguar and rattlesnake skin robes. Landa 1929:1: 72 gives<br />
the full title as ahau can may 'rattlesnake of the cycle' and equates it with ah kin<br />
may 'sun priest of the cycle'. Ahau Can was also the personal name of notables at<br />
Chichen Itza in 8 Ahau (1461) and at Merida in 5 Ahau (1598).<br />
3736. Nok 'clothes' may be an unidentified constellation, presumably one visible<br />
in Yucatan at the approach of the half katun: 2 Ahau 2 Zac, December 27,<br />
1628. On the offhand guess that the reference was to Halley's Comet, I've checked<br />
it out. The only occurrence of that comet within a recent 3 Ahau was in 1378.<br />
3737. See note 2987. Landa 1929: 2: 28 considers Yax Coc Ay Mut a god name.