Kib Name of the sixth month in the Yucatec Maya calendar.
Shule Name of the sixteenth day of the 260-day calendar in Yucatec.
Akish Close parallel to the Quiche Maya Kaqix (Caquix) of the Popol Vuh. The name combines kaq "red" and qix "feather" and means the scarlet macaw parrot. The x is pronounced as sh in English in Mesoamerican words and names.
Com Tzotzil Maya for "log stool" or "armadillo"
Kish Two meanings for this word are available: (1) "kix" in Yucatec and Chol Maya,meaning "spine," "thorn," and maybe "stingray spine" and (2) "kix" in the Palenque hieroglyphs "feather"
Shiblon The Shib or Xib part of the name is very common in Yucatec Maya--for example,Chak-Xib-Chak,Ek-Xib-Chak,Sak-Xib-Chak, Kan-Xib-Chak,etc.
Hill Shim In Yucatec Maya and other Mayan languages — for example,an ear of corn or kernels of corn is ixim In the Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz,Mexico,one of the mountains is called Cintepec in the Aztec language. Cintepec means "corn hill." The Aztecs lived late in Mesoamerican history and were glossing earlier names with the equivalent in their own language. In Mayan languages,it would be ixim (as mentioned earlier,the x becomes sh in English).
Wilderness of Akish As noted above,Akish is very similar to the Kiche Maya name Kaqix or Caquix. This name refers to the macaw parrot. The Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz were glossed,by the Aztecs as Toztlan,which means the place of the macaw parrots. The Aztec place name glyph also depicts a macaw parrot for these mountains.
Land of Heth A land by the east sea mentioned early in the Jaredite account. The indirect hint for the location of this land centers on the meaning of the letter Heth in Hebrew. The letter Heth relates to the Big Dipper constellation and the number seven. The Popol Vuh account of Wukub Kaqix associates him with the Big Dipper,and his name means "seven macaw" Could this be the land of Heth to the Tuxtla Mountains region of southern Veracruz? Both the Big Dipper constellation and the macaw parrot are tied to Wukub Kaqix. Perhaps the land of Heth and the wilderness of Akish are adjacent to each other.
Shule Name of the sixteenth day of the 260-day calendar in Yucatec.
Akish Close parallel to the Quiche Maya Kaqix (Caquix) of the Popol Vuh. The name combines kaq "red" and qix "feather" and means the scarlet macaw parrot. The x is pronounced as sh in English in Mesoamerican words and names.
Com Tzotzil Maya for "log stool" or "armadillo"
Kish Two meanings for this word are available: (1) "kix" in Yucatec and Chol Maya,meaning "spine," "thorn," and maybe "stingray spine" and (2) "kix" in the Palenque hieroglyphs "feather"
Shiblon The Shib or Xib part of the name is very common in Yucatec Maya--for example,Chak-Xib-Chak,Ek-Xib-Chak,Sak-Xib-Chak, Kan-Xib-Chak,etc.
Hill Shim In Yucatec Maya and other Mayan languages — for example,an ear of corn or kernels of corn is ixim In the Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz,Mexico,one of the mountains is called Cintepec in the Aztec language. Cintepec means "corn hill." The Aztecs lived late in Mesoamerican history and were glossing earlier names with the equivalent in their own language. In Mayan languages,it would be ixim (as mentioned earlier,the x becomes sh in English).
Wilderness of Akish As noted above,Akish is very similar to the Kiche Maya name Kaqix or Caquix. This name refers to the macaw parrot. The Tuxtla Mountains of southern Veracruz were glossed,by the Aztecs as Toztlan,which means the place of the macaw parrots. The Aztec place name glyph also depicts a macaw parrot for these mountains.
Land of Heth A land by the east sea mentioned early in the Jaredite account. The indirect hint for the location of this land centers on the meaning of the letter Heth in Hebrew. The letter Heth relates to the Big Dipper constellation and the number seven. The Popol Vuh account of Wukub Kaqix associates him with the Big Dipper,and his name means "seven macaw" Could this be the land of Heth to the Tuxtla Mountains region of southern Veracruz? Both the Big Dipper constellation and the macaw parrot are tied to Wukub Kaqix. Perhaps the land of Heth and the wilderness of Akish are adjacent to each other.
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