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Rh 48. On the positions of the ꜫalel and ahuchan, see Introduction, p. 37.

ret ri Çactecauh, "the sign of Zactecauh." The precise meaning of this expression escapes me.

ꜭhopiytzel. See Sec. 30 for the occurrence alluded to.

49. Tepeuh is identified by Brasseur with the king Itztayul, of the Quiches (Hist. Mexique, II, p. 485). He considers it a Nahuatl word, but I have elsewhere maintained that it is from the Maya-Cakchiquel root tep, filled up, abundantly supplied. See The Names of the Gods in the Kiche Myths, pp. 11, 12. It is a term often applied to their Supreme Being.

52. Cakbrakan, the god of the earthquake. The myths concerning him are given in the Popol Vuh.

Quite to the far East, literally, "and even to the sunrise."

baꜯbal, anything drawn out in threads, gold thread, cotton thread, etc. If the word is to be construed adjectively, puak baꜯbal would mean "worked metal."

56. Ahpop Xahil, etc.; on the meaning of these titles, see the Introduction, p. 36-7.

63. Ya ꜭotox ul; ꜭot, to chisel, engrave, originally to cut into; hence, applied to the deep valleys or canons which the rivers cut into the soil.

Ochal or Qabouil Çivan; the latter name means "the god of the ravine." The location of this city is unknown, except that it was near the Pacific. The general position of the Akahals was to the east of the Cakchiquels. See Brasseur, ''Hist. Mexique,'' Tom. II, pp. 502, 530.

64. Meꜫenalah huyu, a town in the warm district, the tierra caliente, near the southern or Pacific coast.

chuvi vi te, etc. The translation is doubtful. I follow Brasseur.

66. The names of the four rulers here inserted seem to be of those who held the power after Citan Qatu. Why the author does not relate any incidents of their lives is uncertain. Perhaps they did not belong to his family, and as he was writing rather a family than a national history, he omitted them for this reason. Compare Sec. 75.

67. The Quiche king, Qikab, is frequently mentioned in the Popol Vuh. His full name was ꜫaꜫ-ꜭi-ꜫab, The Many Hands of Fire.

79. They wished that the roads should be free; rambey akan, "la franchise des chemins." I do not find the expression in the dictionaries.

83. Mixutzin malo, "the augury is finished." The malol ixim