Note 155 — PART II. MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK-LORE.
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“El Demonio se llamaba Xibilha, que quiere decir el que se desparece ó desbanece.” Historia de Yucatan, Lib. iv, cap. vii. Cogolludo had lived in Yucatan twenty-one years when he was making the final revision of his History, and was moderately well acquainted with the Maya tongue.