THOMAS] ‘THE FIFTH DAY 229 
name is incomplete and should have kan added to it. I am somewhat 
disposed to believe that it is sometimes used alone to denote bread, and 
is then to be interpreted by wah. Take, for example, the figure in Tro. 
30d. Here we see a dog seated on a kan symbol, with the same symbol 
taking the place of the eye. As pek is dog in Maya and pecuah the 
tortilla or bread of maize, and the compound glyph in plate LXxrIv, 9, is 
in the text, this may be an instance of the true rebus method of repre- 
senting a word. Another instance of a similar character will be given 
under the day Caban. Possibly the kan glyph in the month symbol 
may have there the signification wah. 
The fact must be borne in mind that this character, as before stated, 
is often, and perhaps most frequently, used, except where it indicates 
the day, merely as the symbol of corn or maize. As an example, take 
the compound character shown in plate Lxy, 8, from Tro. 33c. In the 
picture under the text is the Corn god represented with the dead eye and 
bound with cords; above his head is a dog-like animal bearing burning 
torches. This representation, taken in connection with what is seen 
in the other divisions of the plate, appears, as heretofore stated, to 
denote the burning drought of summer, which is destroying the maize 
crop. As the right portion of the compound character is the cimi 
symbol, probably representing death, the whole character very likely 
indicates the dying corn, I have not found any combination where 
the rendering of the symbol by kan proves satisfactory. In fact, with 
the exception of the kan-imix combination heretofore mentioned, kan is 
very seldom combined with other glyphs, there being only some two or 
three in the Tro. Cod., and three or four in the Cortesian Codex. It 
appears, however, a number of times in combination in the Dresden 
Codex, but as yet I am unable to interpret any of them satisfactorily. 
THE FIFTH DAY 
Maya, chicchan; Tzental, abagh; Quiche-Cakehiquel, can; Zapotec, ci, ziie or guii; 
Nahuatl, cohuatl. 
The forms in which the symbol of this day appears are various and 
sometimes widely divergent. The principal ones are shown in plates 
LXV, 9 to 20. The form given by Landa is seen at 9; that most com- 
mon in the Codex Tro. at 10. Other forms which frequently occur 
are shown at 11-15; those shown at 14-16 are from the Troano Codex. 
Some unusual forms which vary widely from the typical glyph are given 
at 17-20. J 
The change of a symbol to the face form, as seen in this instance at 
LXV, 15-16, does not appear to have any significance. The chief element 
of this character is the circular spot in the right portion, usually bor- 
dered by a double line and little square blocks, with the interior 
generally crosshatched. As the crosshatching is also found in the 
symbol for the month Pax (plate Lxy, 22), it is probable, if phonetic, 
that this characteristic denotes the w (sh) or ch sound. As a similar 
