Motif
beginnings as births and first settlement
beginnings_as_births_and_first_settlement
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
maya
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The Maya Chronicles V. THE CHIEF KATUNS. / TEXT. / TRANSLATION. / NOTES.; lines 4834-4930 confidence: medium
The note glosses _U zihilob_ as births, probably the beginning of things, and says the emended phrase may refer to first settlement or scattered inhabitants gathered into towns by chiefs.
The editor glosses births as probably meaning the beginning of things and connects the passage to first settlement or the gathering of scattered inhabitants into towns.
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