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The project Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan (abbr. TWKM) promotes research on the writing and language of pre-Hispanic Maya culture.It is housed in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bonn and was established with funding from the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. [1]
English Dictionary and Guide to Pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya Alphabet. Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-10; Miller, Mary; Taube, Karl (2003) [1993]. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya.
An example glyph for the named day, typical of monumental inscriptions ("cartouche" version). Note that for most of these, several alternate forms also exist. Example glyph, Maya codex style. When drawn or painted, most often a more economical style of the glyph was used; the meaning is the same.
Symbols for the classical planets, zodiac signs, aspects, lots, and the lunar nodes appear in the medieval Byzantine codices in which many ancient horoscopes were preserved. [1] In the original papyri of these Greek horoscopes, there was a circle with the glyph representing shine ( ) for the Sun; and a crescent for the Moon.
The tōnalpōhualli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [toːnaɬpoːˈwalːi]), meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is a Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This calendar is solar and consists of 20 13-day periods. Each trecena is ruled by a different deity. Graphic representations for the twenty day names have ...
glyph meaning N o. Seq. Name of month Glyph examples glyph meaning 1 Pop: mat 10 Yax: green storm 2 Woʼ: black conjunction 11 Sakʼ: white storm 3 Sip: red conjunction 12 Keh: red storm 4 Sotzʼ: bat 13 Mak: enclosed 5 Sek: death 14 Kʼankʼin: yellow sun 6 Xul: dog 15 Muwan: owl 7 Yaxkʼin: new sun 16 Pax: planting time 8 Mol: water 17 ...
In the Maya tzolk'in, the day Cipactli corresponds to Imix. In the Mayan Popol Vuh, the name of the earthquake demon, Sipakna, apparently derives from Cipactli. [5] Sipakna is the demon Sipak of 20th century Highland Maya oral tradition. In Migian, Cipactli is Quanai. Earth Monster (Cipactli), 15th century, Brooklyn Museum [6]
Ajaw or Ahau / ɑː ˈ x aʊ / ('Lord') [1] is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the tzolkʼin, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's kʼatun-ending rituals would fall.