290 ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE MAYA CODICES 



are the usual animals shown as glyphs in this connection. The 

 frigate bird occurs once in the Dresden (35a) and once in the 

 Tro-Cortesianus (34a) as an offering. The dog, curiously- 

 enough, does not seem to be represented by an offering-glyph 

 although he has a glyph of his own when appearing in other 

 connections. The iguana and fish are shown entire although 

 drawn very small; the head is the only part usually shown of 

 the turkey and the haunch of venison of the deer. The head 

 and feet of the lizard, as has been noted, may also be shown by 

 a glyph. The turkey and iguana glyphs are very often found 

 with a Kan sign indicating an offering of maize and bread as 

 well as that of the animal. In connection with glyphs showing 

 various offerings of food, there is one which occurs especially 

 in the Tro-Cortesianus (as in 106a). This shows a row of points 

 themselves running to a point over a Kan sign. This, as will 

 be pointed out later (p. 318) may also represent an iguana. The 

 jar containing a representation of the honey comb (as in Tro- 

 Cortesianus 107b) might come in here in the consideration of 

 the offering-glyphs. 



In many instances the common offerings shown by glyphs 

 are found associated with the signs for the four cardinal points 

 but there does not seem to be any strict uniformity as to the 

 special offering associated with each direction. In Dresden 

 29b, the hzard glyph is found in the same group with the sign 

 commonly assigned to the east, the turkey with the south, the 

 iguana with the west, and the fish with the north while in Dres- 

 den 29c, the deer is associated with the east, the fish with the 

 south, the iguana with the west, and the turkey with the north. 

 The iguana is usually found with the sign for the west and the 

 fish with that of the south. The others vary greatly in the as- 

 signment of the various directions. 



Schellhas (1904, p. 17) considers that the fish, the lizard, "the 

 sprouting kernel of maize or (according to Forstemann, parts 

 of a mammal, game)" and a vulture's head are symbols of the 

 four elements. The head which Schellhas interprets as that 

 of the vulture is certainly the head of a turkey. He remarks 

 that these signs of the four elements appear with god B in the 



