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after which they are named with the sun. In classical lands we have 

 the Bull, the Lion, the Scorpion, the Ram, the Crab, etc., while in 

 Tibet or China the list changes. Perhaps the formal 12-part zodiac 

 is one story in the Old World — with an earlier chapter dealing with 

 star groups independently decided upon in different regions. Cer- 

 tainly the Mayas of Central America developed for themselves a 



FiGDHB 4. — Human sacrifice made to the sun by the Mixteca. Below, Lord Thirteen Deer 

 is sacrificed by Lord Nine House. The eagle and the turtle carry hearts and blood to the 

 thirsty sun god. 



different 13-part zodiac, using the same stars, to be sure, but con- 

 structing them into different creatures. There is a picture of this 

 New World zodiac in the Codex Peresianus from which it appears 

 that every 28 days the sun enters the mouth of a different zodiacal 

 animal. The Scorpion sign alone is common to the Babylonian sys- 

 tem and the Mayan but curiously enough falling on opposite sides 

 of the sky — that is, the Mayan Scorpion is the Babylonian Crab. 



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