THOMAS] THE FOURTEENTH DAY 249 
Dr Brinton says that the Maya, Tzental, and Cakchiquel word hix or 
ix means “sorcerer,” though he does not furnish the evidence. More- 
over, he adds immediately after that “it is probable tv is a variant of 
tk or igh ‘wind, breath, life,’” and makes the connection by referring to 
the fact that blowing was practiced in medicine rites. It would have 
been more satisfactory, however, had he given the evidence on which 
he based his assertion that the Maya and Tzental name means ‘“sor- 
cerer.” According to XNimenes the Cakchiquel name yiz denotes the 
“soreerer;” and it is probable that the signification of ix or hir is the 
same, as the codices appear to give support to this conclusion. 
On Dres. 8a the character shown in plate LXVI, 43, stands in the text 
over the figure of a tiger, and evidently refers to it. The close resem- 
blance of this to the iz symbol from Tro. 12c¢ shown in LXyVI, 39, is teo 
manifest to be overlooked. The same symbol is found in Tro. 17e, but 
here the prefix is changed to the numeral 4; below is a tiger-like animal 
with a feathered tongue protruding from its mouth. I have taken for 
granted, from the indicated action and my interpretation of one of the 
accompanying symbols, that this figure was intended to indicate the 
sorcerer or diviner. This supposition I admit is not supported by suffi- 
cient evidence to demand acceptance. However, it is probable that 
Léon de Rosny is justified in rendering Lxy1, 45, by ek-balam. This 
supposition will be strengthened by any evidence tending to show that 
the prefix is properly interpreted by ek. 
The symbol for the month Ceh, as given in Dres. 49¢, is Shown in LXVI, 
44, and is the same as Landa’s figure minus the suffix or month deter- 
minative. It would seem from the fact that the lower character of this 
symbol is the same as the lower portion of the symbols for Yaw (LXIv, 12) 
and Zac (LXVI, 48), that the word Ceh, if the writing is phonetic or ikono- 
matic, does not give the entire phonetic equivalent unless the x or ¢ of 
the other names is here softened to h. It may be added, however, that 
Henderson gives both Ceh and Kez as the name of the month and the 
Maya name for “deer.” In the Zotzil vocabulary ‘‘ciervo” is chig and 
“venado” chigh. There is, however, a difficulty in harmonizing this 
with the symbol for the month Zip—in which the same character 
appears—that I have not been able to explain. Nevertheless, it may 
be said, as the lower character appears (from evidence that will not be 
introduced at this point) to have 2 or dz as its chief phonetic element, 
that it is possible the name had sometimes ek or ke prefixed. Running 
through the lower division of plates 46-50 of the Dresden Codex is a 
line consisting of repetitions of the character shown in Lxv1,45. Here 
we have again our h’, ke, or ek glyph as aprefix. Theright portion of the 
symbol bears a somewhat close resemblance to some forms of the sym- 
bol of the day Lamat (but not to kin, as has been suggested), and is so 
interpreted by Brasseur and Léon de Rosny. As ek signifies “star,” and 
lemba “resplendent, bright, shining, sparkling,” the phonetic value of the 
glyph may be “the bright, shining star,” alluding to Venus. Accord- 
ing to Henderson, cekil, ekil, or yekil was used to designate this star, 
