Motif
cyclical calendrical rotation
cyclical_calendrical_rotation
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
maya
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The Maya Chronicles THE CHRONICLES. / THE CHRONICLE OF CHAC XULUB CHEN. / INTRODUCTION. / CONTENTS.; lines 1148-1240 confidence: high
Table of thirteen rows rotating Kan, Muluc, Ix, and Cauac under columns labeled 1st, 14th, 27th, and 40th year.
The passage describes a repeating sequence of named years that yields a 52-year cycle.
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