Book of C^ilam Balam of Kaua

pp. 104-109 = MS pp. 11-12 (see also pp. 128-130 = MS p. 21) connotations of the kinob (days) of the uinal (20-day cycle)

p.

MS p.

day

its human nature

its tidings

its bird

its tree

104, 106

11

Kan

(106) singer

(106) magpie

(104) Grey’s thrush

red imix-tree

106

 

Chicchan

murderer

rattlesnake

 

fish-poison

   

Cimi

diviner

(none)

owl

 
   

Manik

thief

mountaineer [parrot (129)]

cotinga

chocolate

   

Lamat

drunkard, imposter

hound [bitten by leopard (129)]

chatterbox

 

106-7

 

Muluc

(107) fox-killers

(106) shark who devoured wife

falcon

 

107

 

Oc

dandy, solicitor

perched heron

[falcon (129)]

(perch)

   

Chuen

carpenter

army-emmet

   
   

Eb

tax-collector

thrush

   
   

Ben

worthless man

grackle

 

sprouted sweet-potato

 

12

Ix ‘leopard’

warrior

     

108

 

Men

weaver

   

immature reed

   

Cib

hunter

little deer

   
   

Caban

merchant

woodpecker

   
   

Edznab ‘lancet’

bloodletter

motmot

   
   

Cauac

scribes

quetzal

grackle

chocolate

108-9

 

Ahau

 

(109) eagle

 

(108) water-gourd

109

 

Imix ‘maize bread’

lewd man, lecher

frangipani [comet (128)]

 

frangipani

   

Ik

very lewd lecher

winds [wind-comet (128)]

 

frangipani

   

Akbal

worthless man

flood [fawn (128)]

   

{N.B. occupational (professional) categories are also mentioned for the Norse runes}

pp. 120-123 Guidonian hand (guide to plainsong)

pp. 126 & 127 Christian saints of the days of the 20-day cycle [cf. C^umayel, p. 62; Co`dice Pe`rez pp. 93-94 (p. 127, fn. 157)]

day

Saint __

Kan

Francis

Chicchan

Augustine

Cimi

Caspar

Manik

Nicolas

Lamat

Michael

Muluc

Alphonsus

Oc

Lawrence

Chuen

Balthazar

Eb

Christopher

Ben

Jerome

Ix

Simon

Men

Boniface

Cib

Melchior

Caban

Bonaventure

Edznab

Benedict

Cauac

Matthew

Ahau

Martin

Imix

Andrew

Ik

Luke

Akbal

Mark

pp. 130-132, 134 = MS pp. 22-23, 26 forecasts the years according to the days of the week whereon they begin

p.

MS p.

__-day

evil forecast

good in forecast

130-1

22

Sun-

(130) drought, (131) bees will be destroyed

 

131

22-3

Mon-

(23) plague, bees will die

(22) great rain

 

23

Tues-

dissension, drought, maize expensive, epidemic

dew

132

 

Wednes-

confrontations, travelers die on journeys, prodigal pimps

servants will improve

132, 134

23, 26

Thurs-

(132, 134) no trees will blossom, (134) very long drought

 

134

26

Fri-

plagues

danger to infidels

   

Satur-

drought with famine

 

pp. 132-133 = MS pp. 24-25 bodily members not to be treated by bloodletting according to the months

p.

MS p.

month

member of body

bleed

purge

132

24

Jan

 

+

0

   

Feb

leg

+

+

133

 

Mar

head, ear

+

0

   

Apr

leg

+

+

   

May

arm

0

/

   

Jun

chest

0

+

 

25

Jul

penis

0

0

   

Aug

 

0

0

   

Sep

leg

+

+

   

Oct

penis

0

+

   

Nov

 

+

+

   

Dec

kneecap

+

0

pp. 135-140 = MS pp. 28-32 bodily members to be bled, and remedies, according to the months

p.

MS p.

mo.

member of body

remedy

135

28

Jan

instep

 

136

 

Feb

larynx, tongue

bone of fish

   

Mar

middle joint of little finger

 
   

Apr

woman’s breast

 

137

29

May

below waist

blood of centipede

   

Jun

side of big toe

blood of leopard

 

30

Jul

 

eye of dogfish; emmet larvae

138

 

Aug

calf of leg

black leopard blood

 

30-1

Sep

(30) armpit, (31) ball of foot

 

139

31

Oct

shin, left foot

irritability herb

 

31-2

Nov

(31) 2nd joint of little finger; beneath kneecap

(32) stained-tree, camphorweed, slipperflower

140

32

Dec

beneath anklebone

poor-man’s-pepper, wild verbena, gumbo-limbo, mimosa, rubber-tree, contrayerba

pp. 149-150 (also pp. 247-248) traits of the planets

pp. 150-151 (MS p. 38) archangels of the days

p.

planet

archangel

150

Sun

Raphael

 

Moon

Gabriel

 

Mars

Sammael

 

Mercury

Michael

 

Jupiter

Sachiel

 

Venus

Anael

151

Saturn

Cassiel

p. 154 human organs assigned to the planets

pp. 170-193 Christian saints of the days of the year

pp. 194-209, 211-221 = MS pp. 73-86, 88-98 (see also pp. 242-247) fates of persons according to the months wherein they are born

p.

MS p.

month

life-span of man : __ years

life-span of woman : __ years

age at 1st illness : __ years

age at 2nd illness : __ years

age at 3rd illness : __ years

195

74

January

58

56

34

37

--

197

75

February

65

 

15

30

--

198

77

March

75

45

     

202

80

April

64

66

12

15

40

204

81

May

68

62

     

206

83

June

73

70

     

208

85

July

71

72

40

(5 more illnesses)

212-3

89

August

84

77

29

36

50

214

91-2

September

77

66

6

18

35

216

93

October

61

72

     

218

95

November

67

47

7

18

28

221

97

December

77

69

     

pp. 254-258; 262-264 heavens of the planets

pp. 265 = MS pp. 133 prognostics of thunder according to cardinal directions

direction

prognostic

east

envy

south

epidemic

zenith

sickness

north

evil people

pp. 266-267 = MS p. 134 prognostics of thunder according to days of the week

p.

__-day

prognostic

266

Sun-

death of priests

 

Mon-

death of soldiers

 

Tues-

there will be no tree-fruits

 

Wednes-

"great misery over all the world"

 

Thurs-

there will be tree-fruits

267

Fri-

"punishment of old men"

 

Satur-

viciousness or conquaest

p. 292 = MS p. 154 plants entered into by the fallen angels of Lucifer

mistletoe,

spoon herb,

anoda,

high bromeliad,

small bromeliad

p. 300 = MS pp. 161-162 numerics of the tribulations of Jesus

MS p.

#

the counted

161

190

soldiers in "garden" {of Gethsemane}

162

23

prosecutors

 

33

{thorns in crown} "on my head"

 

180

blows of the hand on chest

 

80

blows of the hand on back

 

23

times "was stretched by a rope on my hair"

 

30

times was spat upon

 

5,660

lashes on spine

 

30

drops of blood were spilled

 

1,606

persons "prayed for me"

 

12

years of pardons were bestow [on those who prayed]

 

4

days before their death appear to then : Virgin Mary, Joseph, Joachim, Anne

pp. 306-317 = MS pp. 166-171 characteristics of "20" [or 24 (according to the MS text – vide p. 307a, fn. 1762)]-year cycles in history {N.B. 24 * 13 = 260 + 52 = 312 years}

p.

MS p.

ka-tun

name

seat (city)

face {seen in sky?}

2 who descend (, or burthen)

306-7

166

5

?

?

   

307-8

 

3

(307) Ah Napot Xiu

Zuyua

Yax Cocah Mut

(308) (Sac Pat Ay; Buluc Chab Tan)

308-9

 

1

(308) Zon Ceh

Mal ("Emal" in Co`dice Pe`rez – p. 398b, fn. 1780)

(309) Amayte Ku

(308) Ix Puc Yola;

Ix Ual Ici

309

167

12

Ahau Tuyu

Saclactun

Yaxal Chuen

 

310

 

10

Xul Kum Chen

Lahun Chable

Lahun Chanal

 
   

8

Tucuch

Lahun Chable

Amayte Kauil, Cit Ua

 

311

168

6

Cit Coat Chumayel

Uxmal; Uuc Yabnal

Kinich Kakmo

 

311-2

 

4

(311) Ul Uac Chan

(311) Uuc Yabnal; (312) Chi Chen

   

312-3

 

2

(312) Nauat

May Cu = Valladolid

(313) (Sac Pat Ay)

(Buluc Chab Tan)

313

169

13

Ah Kin Chi Coba

Kinchil Coba

Itzam Na & Itzam Tzab

 

314

 

11

Yiban Caan

Ichcansihoo (= Me`rida)

Yaxal Chac

(Sulin Chan; Chakan Putun)

314-5

169-70

9

(314 = 169) Pacab

Uuc Yabnal

(315 = 170) Sip (‘sin’)

 

315-6

170

7

(315) Kan Caba

Mayapan

(315) Ek Chuuah[, (316) Chacohom (‘rain’)]

 

316

 

5

Kupul

Zodzil

   

{god’s face seen in sky in also a Hawai>ian theme}

pp. 467-470 for days in 40-day sequence

MIDDLE AMERICAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Publication 68 = Victoria R. Bricker & Helga-Maria Miram (translatrices) : An Encounter of two Worlds : the Book of Chilam Balam of Kaua. Tulane U, New Orleans, 2002.