Note 5 — Chapter XVI
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Baalam, in the language of Yucatan, signifies Tiger, and Votan is understood to denote Heart. The Maya tradition is, that Baalam Votan, the Tiger-Heart, led the fathers of the Mayas to Yucatan, from a distant country. He is conspicuously figured in the ruined temples around the Lake of Itza, as well as at Chichen and Palenque.