Note 87 — III. The Pictorial Elements.
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In Cod. Tro., p. 29*, et seq., the black god has a girdle, to which are attached the leg and claw of a scorpion. The name of the large black scorpion in Maya is ek chuh, literally “the black scorcher.” Dr. Seler appositely suggests that this may be a rebus for the name of the god.