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481 Index Abundance, as green/yellow kenning , 102 Acalan Chontal King List, 162, 163 Accessions, 152; in Acalan Chontal King List, 162, 163; at Palenque, 146–47, 172, 195–96, 198–99, 204, 207–9, 212; in Tuxtla Statuette King List, 166–67 Achi: “ancient” and “modern,” 359–60; narrative in, 365–68; oral performance in, 347–59, 364–65 Adverbial frames, temporal, 405–6 Ahau/ahaw, Jesus as, 275 Ahkal Mo’ Nahb (Naab) III, 128, 203, 210, 212, 258; accession of, 198, 205–9; in Panel of the 96 Glyphs, 152, 153 Air/rain dyad, 87 Ajen Yohl Mat, 198, 213 Aj Sul, 210–11 Alcoholism, 468 Pages in italics indicate illustrations. Almanacs: in Dresden Codex, 230–45; in Madrid Codex, 227–30; mythic time in, 223–24, 226–27 Alnikat, 304 Altars, for shamanic performances, 257–58 Altar 2 (Piedras Negras), 205 Alta Verapaz, graphic poetry from, 182–85 Aluxes, 450, 450–51, 454, 458, 461, 462, 468(n1) Anastrophy, 45–46 Ancestors, 23, 24, 88, 244 Ángel de Zenoyo, Joseph, 273 Animals: as motifs, 462–63; as time metaphors, 303–4; transformation of, 463–64, 465–66; in Yucatec stories, 451–52, 453 Annals of the Cakchiquels (Kaqchikels), 89, 90, 93–94, 96, 183 482 Index Architecture, stone and wood used in, 91–92, 112(n15) Arrow/shield pairing, 96, 112–13(n19) Artistic language, parallelism in, 284–87 Astronomical tables, 226; in Dresden Codex, 223, 232–38 Astronomy, 9, 165, 190; in Popol Wuj, 304–5 Audience, interaction by, 31, 344 Auguries, 67(n20); food/drink, 99–100 Authority, making fun of, 376 Autosacrifice, depictions of, 206–7 Axis mundi, 457. See also Cardinal directions Aztecs, 104, 316 Baak, 124. See also Palenque Bachajón Tzeltal, 363 Back-channeling, 31 Background statements, in Chol storytelling, 24–26, 27 Back-stepping, 36 Baile Charamiyesh, 332 Baile Cortés, 333 Baile Patzca, 330–31, 333 Bakabs (Pawahtuns), 189, 189–90, 225 Balams. See Aluxes Balneario de Chen Ja, 458, 459, 460, 469(n6) Banded bird office, 206–7 Barkpaper, 8, 196, 226, 316 Bat glyph, interpretations of, 183, 184, 185 Bat lineage, 185, 191(n4) Bats, symbolism of, 183, 184, 185 Becal, 449 Ben, 227, 239 Berlin, Heinrich, 124 Biculturalism, Yucatan, 399 Big Dipper, Seven Macaw as, 305 Bilingualism, 11, 399 Births: ch’ab ak’ab kennings in, 260, 261, 262–63; Palenque records of, 201, 202–3, 208 “Blackman, The,” 24 Blood offerings, 206–7, 229, 240–41 Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art (Schele and Miller), 2 Bolon Chan, 131, 136 Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel, 89, 112(n18), 376; “Birth of the Winal,” 227–28, 230; bread/water kenning in, 98–99; time expressions in, 82, 84, 85–86 Book of Chilam Balam of Mani, 91, 109 Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin, 77, 81, 87, 91, 107; flint/shield dyad in, 96, 98; stone/ wood dyad in, 92–93; time expressions in, 84–85; well/spring dyad in, 108–9 Books, 319; display of, 317–18. See also Codices Books of Chilam Balam, 2, 9, 77, 111(n1), 112(n16), 155(n4), 299, 314, 456; kennings in, 96, 259 Bread/water dyad, 98–100 Burlesque, 376 Burner stations, rituals associated with, 243, 247(n15) Butterflies, as spirits of dead, 455 Cakchiquels, 112(n17); green/yellow kennings , 101, 113(n25); Spanish conquest, 93–94 Calakmul, attack on Palenque, 90, 91, 130 Calendrical cycles: cosmology and, 227–28; in Madrid Codex, 228–29 Calendar Round, 111(n1), 172, 224, 226; hyperbaton in, 53, 54, 55–56, 57–59, 62; in King Lists, 166, 173; in Madrid Codex almanac, 229–30; pottery vessel dates and, 187–88; syntax of, 48–50 Calendrical notations, 111(n3); hyperbaton in, 53–59, 67(n16); kennings of, 82–87, 112(n8); on Palace Tablet, 201, 203; syntax of, 48–50 Calendrics, 8, 192(n10); in codices, 224, 226–27, 243–44; in graphic poetry, 187–88; in King Lists, 164–67, 171–73 Calkini’, 465 Cancuc, 364 Canil K’iche’, 327 Cano, Agustín, 273 Canon, common, 215 Capstone 1 (Uxmal), 99 Capstone 3 (Dzibilnocac), 103 Captives, sacrifice of, 229 Capture Stairs (Dos Pilas), 96 Cardinal directions, 81, 225; in codices, 227, 239, 244; deities and, 189–90; symbols of, 100, 456–57 Carlos, Don, execution of, 272 Casas, Bartolomé de las, 204; on codices, 316–17, 319 Cascajal Block, 7, 177(n4); discourse structure of, 168–71 Catherwood, Frederick, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas...

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