Motif
settlement consumed by fire
settlement_consumed_by_fire
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal 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: / IV. THE MAYA KATUNS. / TEXT. / TRANSLATION.; lines 4526-4628 confidence: high
In the eighth ahau, the remainder of the Itzas came from the woods and under branches, from Xuluc Mul, and founded Zaclactun Mayapan; in the same katun Chakanputun was quickly and suddenly destroyed by fire.
Chakanputun is said to have perished by fire, quickly and suddenly consumed.
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