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 ROYS] A MAYA ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION 363

U tzolan kin cancamal licil u xocol u chun ti likine hebix tzolanile.

TRANSLATION

Thus it was set in order by the first wise man, merchise, the first prophet, Napuctun, sacerdote, the first priest. This is the song of how the creation of the uinal came to pass when the world was not yet created. Then he began to march by his own force. And then said his mother's mother, then said his mother's sister, then said his father's mother (or mother's grandmother), then said his sister-in-law, " How shall we make manifest and see man upon the road?" These were their words while they marched, but there was no man then. Then they arrived there in the east and began to speak: "Who has passed here? Here are footsteps; measure it off with your feet." These were the words of the mistress of the world. Then our Lord, Dios supreme, measured it off with his feet. This is what he first said: "The count is twelve paces, twelve paces." This was set in order by Oxlahun Oc. His feet came up even with one another. They departed from the east and spoke its name when the day had no name. He marched on with his mother's mother, with his mother's sister, with his father's mother and with his sister-in-law. The uinal was created ; the day was created ; that was its name. Sky and earth, ebb water, land rocks and trees were created. The things of sea and land were created.

On One Chuen he raised himself up to divinity; he created heaven and earth.

On Two Eb he created the first ebb. It came from the midst of the heavens in the midst of the water. There was neither land, rocks nor trees.

On Three Ben he created all things, as many as there are, the things of the heavens, the things of the sea, the things of the earth.

On Four Ix came the upsetting of heaven and earth.

On Five Men came the making of everything.

On Six Cib it came to pass that he made the first candle. There came light when there was neither sun nor moon.

On Seven Caban the world was first created when we had none.

On Eight Eonab his hand and foot were firmly set. Then he picked up the small things on the earth.

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