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We might, but only perhaps, look here for a grain god, particu- 

 larly as in Kiche-Cakchikel among the inhabitants of Ixtlavacan 

 in Cxuatemala, the name of the day, Kanel, designates a deity of seed- 

 sowing, to whom sacrifices were performed on this day (Scherzer in 

 Boletin de la Sociedad Economica de Guatemala, December 15, 1870). 



The picture of a deity of seed-sowing, however, has not yet been 

 discovered in Maya literature, although this action is represented 

 several times in the manuscripts. 



6. Muluc, 7)1. This word, to which Mulu, or Molo, in Tzental cor- 

 responds, might be derived from muyal, "clouds" (StoU, Ethnog- 

 raphic von Guatemala, page 59), and this may be connected with mul, 

 '' to heap up ". Among the Zapotecs the day is called Niza, or Queza, 

 •^ water "; in Kiche-Cakchikel, Toh. Toh, however, signifies the god 

 of thunderstorms. To this the Aztec Atl also corresponds and the 

 Quiahuitl of the Pipiles, water or rain. 



The glyph is doubtful. It is either the firmament with a cloud 

 in the center, or a sheet of water with an islet rising out of it. 

 With this I place the deity K, blowing from his enormously exagger- 

 ated nose, therefore ])robably denoting the storm god. 



7. Oc, ri. The meaning, foot, which this word has among the 

 Mayas, is of no use to us. But perhaps it is useful to know that 

 according to Stoll, Ethnographic von Guatemala, among two Maya 

 tribes, the Tzotzils in Chiapas and the Chaiiabal in the north of 

 Guatemala, the wild dog (coyote) is called ohil, from which this word 

 Oc may have been derived. Nom^, this day has the name Tzi with the 

 Kiche-Cakcliikels, and with the Aztecs, Itzcuintli, both meaning 

 dog; the Zapotec name, Telia, is said, according to Bartolomaus of 

 Pisa (Brinton, Calendar, page 28), to mean the same. But the dog 

 occurs in mytholog}^ as the lightning beast, in which character it fre- 

 quently and distinctly occurs in the manuscripts (Schellhas, Gotter- 

 gestalten, page ;^0). 



The glyph occurs in manifold forms, which have in common sev- 

 eral zigzag lines (for examj^le, in the books of Chilam Balam). and 

 Avhich might very Avell signify lightning. 



8. Chuen, o. In Tzental and Kiche-Cakchikel, this day is called 

 Batz, in Nahuatl, Ozomatli, and both mean monkey. It denotes a 

 particular species of monkey, Tzental, according to Lara (Brinton, 

 Calendar, page 28). Chin, and perhaps Chuen, the meaning of 

 which is otherwise unknown, is connected with it. 



The glyph shows a gajjing jaw. Avhich Seler likewise ascribes to a 

 monkey, but Schellhas to a serpent. I do not venture to decide the 

 matter. 



The figure of the deity C belonging here displays, as does also its 

 glyph, peculiar lines about the mouth and nose, which suggest a 

 monkey's skull and even look like the lateral nasal aperture of the 



