1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
1 - Histomesoamericana
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there was famine and then later<br />
drought, and that did it. The<br />
sun priest attacked Christianity<br />
all by himself in public.<br />
Mayan drinking and Christian<br />
baptizing were everywhere as<br />
the end of the katun got closer.<br />
Maybe it was time to move to<br />
the towns and villages, as it<br />
had been when the Itza were<br />
FIVE AHAU 79<br />
Ukin<br />
Y anhom uil uah*<br />
Hum pach tzucubil<br />
Y anhom uil haa<br />
T u tepal<br />
T u hunal<br />
Yoklal<br />
Patal u than<br />
T u sipic u cuch<br />
T u tatah than<br />
Tu bel<br />
T u hunal.<br />
Uaan ti tz'atz'<br />
Uaan ti bulux ... te*<br />
Y ukul ti kin<br />
Tiakab*<br />
T ix tam beil<br />
... haa*<br />
Hun yukla<br />
Ti cab<br />
T u kin tepal<br />
Ualac<br />
Hun uatz'<br />
Hun tz'on*<br />
Hi va le<br />
T u kinil hi u pec<br />
T u ch'enil<br />
Ti y ac tunil<br />
T u men bai uchc i<br />
Ti Ah Ytza ca lik i*<br />
T u cal ya<br />
Ca u p'atah<br />
U ch'enil<br />
U y ac tunil<br />
T u kin<br />
U hokol<br />
In the sun<br />
Was the occurrence of food<br />
shortage,<br />
And in the last part<br />
The occurrence of water shortage.<br />
1765 That was enough<br />
All by itself,<br />
Because<br />
Awaiting his word,<br />
He blamed the burden<br />
1770 On the declared word,<br />
On the road<br />
By himself,<br />
Standing in the clear,<br />
Standing at the full... tree,<br />
1775 Drinking by day<br />
And night,<br />
And renewing<br />
. . . with water<br />
All over<br />
1780 In the land<br />
At the time the rule<br />
Was to return.<br />
One bend,<br />
One shot<br />
1785 Perhaps it was,<br />
That it was time maybe to move<br />
To the wellsides,<br />
To the springs.<br />
Because thus it had happened<br />
1790 To the Itza when they arose<br />
At the hole of pain,<br />
When they abandoned<br />
The wellsides<br />
And springs<br />
1795 At the time<br />
Of their appearing<br />
1762. There may be an intentional pun here, contrasting sun-beginning with<br />
moon-ending. Uil means both 'moon time' and 'shortage'. The following couplet<br />
makes it clear that the latter meaning is primary.<br />
1774. Letters missing.<br />
1776. A traditionalist Mayan priest blamed the famine and drought on Christianity,<br />
even standing before the cross as he did so and holding traditional Mayan<br />
ceremonies requiring drinking.<br />
1778. Letters missing.<br />
1784. This expression is frequent and implies both a short distance and a short<br />
time.<br />
1790. The Itza had abandoned the towns and villages but were now considering<br />
reoccupying them. Abandonment of villages took place in the Great Mayan Revolt<br />
of 1545 to 1546 (Chamberlain 1948: 246).