Motif
completion followed by renewal
completion_followed_by_renewal
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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maya
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The Maya Chronicles FOOTNOTES: / DICCIONARIO DE MOTUL, MS., 1590. / THE CHRONICLES. / THE CHRONICLES.; lines 2090-2126 confidence: medium
At the end of the tenth Ahau Katun, one doubling of the katun ends; a second return of thirteen katuns is written on the katun circle, and the doubling finishes its course to begin again.
The katun doubling is described as finishing its course and then beginning again, with the next katun commencing after the cycle's completion.
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