1 - Histomesoamericana
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7 priest Sat Ay. That was the<br />
teaching of the 7 priest Sat Ay,<br />
who was unhappy with the<br />
Spaniards who were to end his<br />
rule. So the new count began<br />
and the tax for converts to God<br />
and the King, who ordered it in<br />
knowledge of their income and<br />
stacked and measured it. The<br />
nobles of the former Itza suffered<br />
extinction for salvation.<br />
(554)<br />
Here they all are: Xopan<br />
Náhuatl the land reckoner and<br />
THIRTEEN AHAU 33<br />
T u men Uuc Sat Ai*<br />
U kaba cisin<br />
Lai y an chun can e<br />
Ti bin c u ch'aal than ob<br />
Te chun can e<br />
Ti cahana Uuc Sat Ay<br />
T u men ya ti y ol<br />
U talel tz'ulob each i<br />
T u men bin hauac u tepal<br />
Cisin c uch i<br />
Ca tun hopp u xocic ichil<br />
Ah ual kin<br />
Te chil y ilabal<br />
U talel koch c uch i e<br />
Y oklal<br />
T u y ol<br />
Y an hun ahau canal<br />
Hun y ahau ti cab<br />
T u than ob c uch i e<br />
U nat-h ob ix hi bal u cuchma e<br />
Y etel bin u ppiculte<br />
U ppisante*<br />
Yal<br />
U mehen<br />
AhYtza<br />
Uchmal e<br />
Num ya bin u cib e<br />
U pixan uil<br />
Utz cuxlahebal<br />
Ychil u pitic num ya e<br />
Lei y an<br />
Ichil t u lacal e<br />
Xupan Nauat<br />
Ukaba<br />
525 Because the 7 priest Sat Ay<br />
Was the name of the devil<br />
Who had the basic doctrine<br />
Which was going to prepare their<br />
word.<br />
This is the basic doctrine<br />
530 That was initiated by the 7 priest<br />
Sat Ay<br />
Because his heart was sore<br />
That the foreigners had come<br />
Because that was going to end his rule:<br />
The devil was finished.<br />
535 For then began the count of the face<br />
Of the returned sun:<br />
On the occasion of its appearance<br />
The tax came<br />
Because<br />
540 In essence<br />
There was one lord on high,<br />
One lord on earth.<br />
They had spoken<br />
And they also knew something of<br />
his burden.<br />
545 And they will stack it up<br />
And measure it,<br />
The born<br />
And engendered children<br />
Of the Itza<br />
550 That were.<br />
Suffering goes its candle then,<br />
The soul of the moon.<br />
Good may be resurrected<br />
In the avoidance of that suffering.<br />
555 Here they are then<br />
In their completeness:<br />
Xopan Náhuatl<br />
By name,<br />
525. The 7 priest Sat Ay 'wait grease' was active in this and the following<br />
katun at Merida. If my surmise is correct, the number gods had corresponding<br />
priesthoods, but it may be that the first five number priests were the directional<br />
priests as well. The commonest number prefixes to personal names (if one includes<br />
the color prefixes) are 1 (red, east), 7, and 11, in that order. I believe 1 to be<br />
the commonest because it was the highest-ranking. Eleven is important because it<br />
symbolizes the inauguration of the second half of the katun. Seven is a problem.<br />
The contexts in which 7 priests are mentioned suggest to me that they early<br />
concluded that they could benefit from the ideological boost provided by the<br />
Christian week. If so, Sat Ay may have been the first to realize this. Compare the<br />
career of Cha Pat in 5 Ahau.<br />
546. The removal and stacking of the burden were part of the katun-endwg<br />
ceremonies. Compare lines 705-706.