[Aztlan] Fwd: "challa" of Del Rio

[D. M. Urquidi]

D. M. Urquidi  P. O. Box 49485  Austin, Texas 78765  http://www.mayalords.org    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientamericas/
Folks:

The obsidian "mirrors" were used, not so much to see the "wai" of the one who questions destiny, but to see the stars in the sky at the time of the question, to know what his/her future would entail.
Some of the Monkey scribes are shown using the dark mirror to the lord on a cushion throne, apparently explaining the night stars and its omens.

Dea

--- On Tue, 12/23/08, Elaine Schele <elaineschele at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Elaine Schele <elaineschele at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Aztlan] Fwd: "challa" of Del Rio

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> From:  <dustmop at hotmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
> Subject: "challa" of Del Rio
> To: elaineschele at gmail.com
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> Dear Dr. Schele:
> I wonder if the word "challa" used by del Rio is
> the Spanish word
> derived from the K'ich'e-Maya word "chay"
> which means pieces of
> obsidian or flint (and later, glass) - See the Christensen
> dictionary
> at
> http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/dictionary/christenson/quidic_complete.pdf.
> Also, I wonder if the crystallized hearts could have had
> religious
> significance as "sastuns" or seer stones used by
> the h'men, e.g.
> Eligio Panti?
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> Mark Cheney - AZTLAN listero
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