|
tuvi |
gray tern |
|
tuao |
dark brown tern |
|
tavi |
small lead-coloured tern |
If these 15 bird items should represent the cycle of
Sun, we can for instance count with 24 days for each bird
because 24 * 15 = 360. The last 3 birds would then cover 3 * 24 = 72
days (equal to the page number where the birds are located in
Manuscript E).
On the other 'hand', with 20 days for each bird, which is suggested
by the text in Manuscript E and
which agrees with the Mayan structure, there will be 4 * 20 =
80 days for each group in the table above, and 20 * 15 = 300
(presumably the Sun year according to counting time by the
Moon).
Beyond kiakia there will then be 3 * 20 = 60
days, just as from the exit of Sun at 16 Pax:
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 |
 |
 |
|
16 Pax |
17
Kayab |
18 Cumhu |
19 Vayeb |
The small lead-coloured tern named tavi
certainly represents Saturn (with very poor light).
But the Mayan calendar
evidently has
18 * 20 + 5 = 365 regular days, not 15 * 20 = 300. This
difference can be eliminated if we add 3 months from the 'back
side' of the previous year, and we can then update the bird
table anew:
|
4 pi riuriu |
sooty tern |
8 kukuru toua |
albatross ? |
12 ruru |
black petrel |
|
5 kava eoeo |
d:o |
9 makohe |
frigate |
13 taiko |
|
6 te verovero |
d:o |
10 kena |
booby |
14 kumara |
white tern |
|
7 ka araara |
d:o |
11 tavake |
redtailed tropic bird |
15 kiakia |
|
16 tuvi |
gray tern |
|
17 tuao |
dark brown tern |
|
18 tavi |
small lead-coloured tern |