1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
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Can Ul, dividing the heirs of<br />
Hapay Can. And Kukul Can<br />
found out and killed and tortured<br />
the nobles and did in the<br />
Hapay Cans for the sin of their<br />
lord. Itzam Can was named<br />
designate; then came the usurpation<br />
of Can Ul. Ahau Can<br />
was the candidate with the<br />
Chichens. Who was Can Uli He<br />
was announced as lord in his<br />
final office by inheritance from<br />
his father. It was another triumph<br />
for the orders of Ants,<br />
EIGHT AHAU 19<br />
Lei tah mehen*<br />
Hapai Can la e<br />
Ca natab i<br />
T u men Kukul Can e<br />
Ca xot i<br />
Ucal<br />
Uyiob<br />
U y ub ob<br />
T u lacal y al<br />
U mehen<br />
C u pactic<br />
U luk Hapai Caan<br />
Lei ah cuch teob<br />
U cuchah u keban y ahau ob*<br />
Ca tun hopp i<br />
U tumtic Itzam Caan*<br />
Ca tal y ocol<br />
U keban y ahau Can Ul<br />
Ca hok i<br />
Ahau Caan<br />
T u Chi Ch'enob<br />
Uai<br />
Max<br />
Can Ul?*<br />
T u chican e*<br />
Ti hok i<br />
Ahau i<br />
Ox lahun te u cuch<br />
Ca sihsab i<br />
T u men u yum<br />
Lai hun ppel cu*<br />
Yubil<br />
Sink<br />
Balamil<br />
This was the division of the sons<br />
280 Of Hapay Can.<br />
Then it was understood<br />
By Kukul Can.<br />
Then were cut<br />
The throats,<br />
285 The eyes,<br />
The ears<br />
Of all the born<br />
And engendered children.<br />
Then he folded<br />
290 The removal of the Hapay Cans,<br />
Who were made to be the bearers,<br />
And bore the sin of their lord.<br />
And then began<br />
The renewal of Itzam Can.<br />
295 Then came stealing,<br />
The sin of the lord Can Ul.<br />
Then appeared<br />
Ahau Can<br />
With the Chichens<br />
300 Here.<br />
Who<br />
Was Can Ul?<br />
He was manifested then<br />
And appeared<br />
305 As lord,<br />
His thirteenth burden,<br />
To which he was engendered<br />
Through his father.<br />
This was one more seat<br />
310 And mantle<br />
Of the Ants<br />
And Jaguars,<br />
(note continued from preceding page)<br />
Both Can Ul and Ahau Can could have had a claim to patrilineal succession<br />
through their fathers' mothers, who could well have been sisters of Ul Ahau, but<br />
Ahau Can's grandmother neglected to marry incestuously. Presumably Can Ul<br />
went to better schools.<br />
279. Barrera 1948: 224 reads tah as 'tribute'.<br />
292. The text makes no distinction between the plural -ob and the third person<br />
plural pronoun ob or between the possessive use of the pronoun and its use as<br />
subject or object of a verb. I have made the first distinction where possible by<br />
treating the plural as an attached suffix and the pronoun as a separate word. It<br />
makes a difference, as in this case: u keban y ahauob 'the sin of the lords' or u<br />
keban y ahau ob 'the sin of their lord'. See also line 5160.<br />
294. Barrera 1948: 224 has 'test'.<br />
302. Barrera 1948: 224 sees this as a place-name: Maxcanu 'guardian monkey'.<br />
303. Barrera 1948: 224 says 'at the beginning of the mountains'.<br />
309. Barrera 1948: 225 has it as 'but he was valiant in war and had the Wooden<br />
Mask of the Breath Squeezer and was Flint Powerful'.