Note 58 — III. The Pictorial Elements.
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Dr. Seler (Verhand. Berlin. Anthrop. Gesell., 1886, S. 416) considers Hun Ahau to be a calendar name; but it is significant, without having recourse to this roundabout explanation. Xibilbay, “the place of disappearance,” is the Quiche name for the underworld, corresponding to the Mictlan of the Nahuas. Both the terms in the text may therefore be borrowed. See my Essays of an Americanist, pp. 127, 143.