Ahnanac 19 (p. lOb) Divination involving Theobroma 



Tl. A Chac is seated holding a pot of Theobroma Cacao 



seeds. 



Gl. 2. Cacao 

 T2. (p. lOc) God Q, associated with war and sacrifices 



holds a bowl of Theobroma Cacao fruit and seed prob- 

 ably indicating the blood sacrifice to be made over the 

 seeds. 



Almanac 26 (pp. 10b lib) Divinatory 



Tl . Glyphs indicate the giving of cacao beans. There is r o 



accompanying picture. 

 T2. The sun god holds a vessel of cacao seed; this may ah o 



be seen in Almanacs 10 and 19. Glyphs again indicate 



the giving of cacao beans. 

 T3. The Maize god is seen with the same vessel of cacao 



beans and a double head dress of Nymphaea ampla. 



The fish in the head dress and the fish touching upcn 



the frontal water lily suggest aqueous elements and the 



murals at Bonompak. Glyphs read "he gives cacao 



beans; 2 "abundance of maize; 3 maize god." 

 T4. Glyphs repeat the giving of cacao beans. This has now 



started to form a kind of litany by way of repetition. 

 T5. The repetition of giving cacao beans. The frequency of 



this should be no more curious to us than the kyr'e 



eleison repeated in western masses. 



manac 21 (p. 12b) Divinatory 



Tl. (p. 12b) A female death goddess with black spois 



wears a water lily to the front and rear of her head 

 dress with a rhizome-like appendage between the flov/- 

 ers (note root-like extensions on the rhizome). 



T2. Goddess H wears a nose rod that terminates in a flower 



that is unidentified. It should be pointed out that the 

 size of a flower as it is portrayed in any codex has litte 

 to do with its actual size but relates to its importance in 

 what is being portrayed. The relationship to one of the 



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