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Maya religion and mythology (1881)

Bowditch, Charles P, Hagar, Stansbury · United States : [s.l.] · leaf 318

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orScorpion, corresponds in timewith the entrance of the sun in-to this sign, and because Saha-gun asserts this identification.Indeed the stars of Libra andScorpio present the figure of ascorpion so unique and conspic-uous in the sky as to justify as atleast probable an assignment to * it without… … 1 See Bowditch, Maya Numeration, Plate II, Nos. 10, 11.1 Brinton, work cited, p. 75.( 1. Hagar in 16th Sess. Int. Cong, of Am., pp. 278-291-292. hagar] THE MAYA DAY SIGN MANIK 490 on page 48c of the codex Tro-Cortesianus we shall observe that agrasping claw has been substituted for the sting at the…

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