with that of brightness and light.[236-1]

It is possible that the Mexicans selected the rabbit for this day as a
known symbol of light, thus bringing it into correspondence with the
signification of the day names of the other calendars. The method by
which Drs Seler and Brinton try to bring the Maya and Zapotec names into
harmony with the Mexican appears to me to be in the wrong direction.

It is therefore quite probable, from what has been shown, that the Maya,
Tzental, and Quiche-Cakchiquel names refer to light, flame, or the
lightning flash, and that the rabbit was selected because of some
mythological relation it was supposed to bear to the sun, or
light.[237-1] As this character is seldom found in combination, or used
otherwise than as a day symbol, it is probable that the signification is
represented by some other symbol, or is not referred to in the text.

THE NINTH DAY

Maya, _muluc_; Tzental, _molo_ or _mulu_; Quiche-Cakchiquel, _toh_;
Zapotec, _niza_ or _queza_; Nahuatl, _atl_.

There are but few and slight variations in the form of the symbol of
this day. That given by Landa is shown in plate LXV, 39. The usual forms
in the codices are seen at 40-42 of the same plate. Symbol 43, which is
an important variation, is from the Cortesian Codex.

The addition of the little circle and loop in example LXV, 43, from the
Cortesian Codex, is important, as it possibly indicates that the simple
forms given in plate LXV, 40-42, are incomplete, and may be a slight
indication of phoneticism. If the latter supposition be correct, it is
probable that in this additional feature we find the element _'c_ of the
word. It is one of the characteristics of the _manik_ symbol, which, as
heretofore shown, has, in some instances at least, _ch_ as one of its
phonetic elements, whether considered truly phonetic or not.

This clue, if followed up, appears to furnish an explanation of some
other characters in which the little circle and loops are found. For
example, the character shown in plate LXV, 44 (Dres. 2 (45)b and c),
apparently refers to the act of sewing or stitching indicated by the
pictures below the text. As the circle and loops form an important part
of the character, it is probable that _c_ or _ch_ is the chief or
prominent element of the word. It is possible therefore, that _chuyah_,
"to sew," or some derivative thereof, would be a proper rendering. The
glyph shown in plate LXV, 45, from. Tro. 11*c is a duplication o