Lizard. Snake.
1. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint.
2. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake. Death.
3. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger.
4. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind.
5. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog.
1. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind. House.
2. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog. Monkey.
3. Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint. Rain.
4. House. Lizard. Snake. Death. Deer.
5. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger. Eagle.
1. Lizard. Snake. Death. Deer. Rabbit.
2. Grass. Cane. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture.
3. Flower. Dragon. Wind. House. Lizard.
4. Rabbit. Water. Dog. Monkey. Grass.
5. Vulture. Movement. Flint. Rain. Flower.
1. Water. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane.
2. Movement. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon.
3. Snake. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water.
4. Cane. Tiger. Eagle. Vulture. Movement.
5. Dragon. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake.
1. Tiger.[13] Eagle. Vulture. Movement. Flint.
2. Wind. House. Lizard. Snake. Death.
3. Dog. Monkey. Grass. Cane. Tiger.
4. Flint. Rain. Flower. Dragon. Wind.
5. Death. Deer. Rabbit. Water. Dog.
1. Rain. Flower.
2. Deer. Rabbit.
3. Eagle. Vulture.
4. House. Lizard.
5. Monkey. Grass.
If we examine the columns of this list, we see that each one contains
the days of some one of the four columns of the arrangement heretofore
given; not always in precisely the same order, but the same days.
Without stopping to attempt a further explanation of this calendar or
_Tonalamatl_, which is not within the scope of our present purpose, I
merely remark that it is evidently a representation of the Mexican
"cycle of two hundred and sixty days," or thirteen months, the common
multiple of 4, 5, 13, and 20, and hence a cycle, at the completion of
which the day, numeral, &c. (except the month), will be the same as at
the beginning.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Published in 1882, as a memoir of the Societe d'Ethnographie of
Paris.
[2] Rosny says by mistake "Planche VII-VIII."
[3] A st
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