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356 So he tossed his hair upwards. In the sky, they fought now in the sky. They blew him up into the sky so that they could fight. Then they won there. They cut him again and again with machetes. The machete penetrated when his hair moved aside now. The wind made his hair move to the side. [He was killed]. Then all the baggage came out. When everyone, everyone whose packs had been confiscated, heard, they gathered together. Presents were given to all those who worked. They opened the road. They won. They won. There was a great deal of baggage. Ohh, the owners of the packs went. Whoever had lost things went there to take out his things, since it was there that all the baggage was lost. It [all] came out, the muslin came out, the clothing, since it belonged to the big stores. See also T10, T104, T158, and their notes. They say the hummingbird is very big. So that's what some workers [saw] in the tropics. They were burning [empty] bean pods. The fire was visibly very high [in the sky]. The hummingbird came. It came flying [down] from the sky, then. It saw the fire. It was blinded by the smoke. It came down and down and down so that they saw it was big. Don't think it's little, it's big! It's like a dove. It's wings are white. It's completely white. I was right that it's a lie they tell, saying that the hummingbird is little. See! The men said it was very big. That's when they recognized what it was like because none of us had ever seen it. We didn't know what it was like. It's the one that sings "tz'untz'un" at night, but we didn't know what size it was. [But] that one, they saw how big it was. They saw it. It was the same as, as big as, a hawk. It is in league with the Tutelary Gods. "One Leg" we call it. This hummingbird serves as a messenger of the Tutelary Gods, advising people when they need to hold curing ceremonies. Its nocturnal call is slow and measured, unlike that of the witch hummingbird that Romin Tan-chak described rushing off to announce death at the wrong houses (T140). It is perhaps only a curious coincidence that the Cakchiquel forefather, Gagavitz, had one ally who dared to aid him in putting out the fire of the volcano Santa Maria—his name was Zakitzunun, White Hummingbird (Recinos and Goetz, 1953:70). More indicative of pan-Mayan associations is "One Leg." Leg SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY One Leg T93 NUMBER 23 muyel li sjol 7une, ta vinajel ta vinajel xa la chtajinik 7un, ta la svilesik muyel ta vinajel 7un, yo7 xtajinik 7o 7une, ja7 to la te 7a li 7ispasik 7o kanal 7un, 7istuch'ilanik la ta machita 7un, k'alal 7i7och la li machita 7isk'ej xa ti sjol 7une, ta 7ik' xa 7isk'ej sba li sjol 7une, ja7 to la te lok' skotol i 7ikatzil 7une. Bweno, ti k'al 7iya7i ti buch'utik buch'utik ti pojbil yikatz 7une, stzob la sbaik, 7i7ak'bat la smoton ti buch'u 7i7abtej, 7isjamik ti be 7un, 7ikuch yu7unik 7un, 7ikuch yu7unik 7un, 7ep la ti k'usi 7oy 7ikatzil ta j-mek 7une. Jii, bat ti yajvaltak ti 7ikatzile, ba slok'esik tal i k'usuk yu7unik buch'utik ch'ayem k'usuk yu7une, komo te ch'ayem skotol taj 7ikatzil 7une, lok' tal lok' tal manta k'u7iletik k'u ti yu7un skwenta muk'tik tyenta 7une. 7A li tz'unune, lek la muk', ja7 yech'o la yech j7abteletik ta k'ixin 7osil, ta la schik'ik pat chenek' 7un, lek xa nat ti k'ok' ta j-mek xvinaj 7une, tal la li tz'unune, ja 7o la chlok' chvil tal ta vinajel 7une. Bweno, 7iyil la li k'ok' 7une, 7it'up ssat ta ch'ayil 7un, 7iyal la tal, 7iyal la tal, 7iyal la tal 7un, yo7 7isk'elik la ti muk' 7une, mu xach'un ti bik'ite, muk' la 7un, 7a li ja7 la yech chak paloma sak la xxik' 7un, sak skotlej, 7a li 7altik ka chalik toj ... 7a li tz'unun bik'it xiike, k'e, batz'i muk' xiik la ti viniketik 7une, ja7 to te yojtikinik k'u x7elan 7un, porke muk' bu xkiltik jkotoltik, mu jna7tik k'u x7elan, ja7 li "tz'un tz'un" xi la ta 7ak'ubaltike, pero mu jna7tik k'u smuk'ul, 7a taj 7une, 7iyilik ti k'u smuk'ule, 7isk'elik ko7ol schi7uk, ko7ol smuk'ul schi7uk xik 7un, skwenta la totil me7il, jun yok chkaltik 7une. is a Yucatec day name. One Leg Lightning, often referred to simply as "One Leg," was one of the principal Quiche creator gods. One Leg Owl appears in the Popol Vuh, also as a Messenger of Hell (Edmonson, 1971:65-66). This seemingly inconsequential tale provided the germ for an extraordinarily sophisticated historical and structural analysis by Eva Hunt, which unfortunately was not seen by me in time to include for discussion here. Hunt argues conclusively that One Leg is none other than the Azetec god Huitzilopochtli! (Hunt, in press).
There was a man who went to draw water from the Grijalva River. He discovered a crocodile lying there. He came upon it lying there. It was warming itself in the sun. He went to draw some water. In a minute it went and caught the man. In a minute it went and swallowed the man. He was swallowed whole. He wasn't, he wasn't eaten. When the man regained his senses, it seems, he felt terribly cold, because [the crocodile] had been under water. The man was under water. Its belly was terribly cold. He regained his senses, he regained his senses when its belly warmed up, because the animal, the crocodile came out to warm itself in the sun. He said to [himself], "But, man, what can I do about this? That [crocodile] has come out," he said. He felt the warmth of its belly. He had his little knife. He ripped open its belly. He prayed to Our Lord. "How can I get out of here? But I can't get out of here now, My Lord!" he said. Inside the animal's stomach he prayed to Our Lord. He remembered it. He took out his knife. He ripped open its belly. When its belly was ripped open then he came out, the man came out. He arrived to tell his friends. "Where did you go? Why did you disappear?" "Man, I had an accident. An animal swallowed me," he said. He arrived to tell his friends. "Now, thank God, I had my little knife. I ripped open its belly. I came out," he told his friends. "Well, are you hungry?" they asked. "Oh, I'm hungry. I'm famished, because this is the third day now since I've eaten, because I was stuck inside the animal's stomach," he said. "Eat, then!" he was told. He continued on. He escaped. The animal was left there. He killed it and left it. He killed it and left it, but he himself got out. The hero of this epic fared far better than his Chamulan counterpart, who, after a week's sojourn in the crocodile's belly, cut his way out and returned home. But having lost the flesh on the fingers of one hand and the flesh on one leg, he only returned home to die (Gossen, T37). An Oxchuquero, swallowed by a The elders once. . . . There didn't used to be any cane liquor. There always has been chicha. The elders decided long ago, "But chicha, for a MANVEL K'OBYOX 357 It's Cold in the Crocodile's Belly! T97 The Birth of Cane Liquor T98 7O la jun vinik ba slup vo7 ta Nab, te la puch'ul 7ista li lagarto 7une, puch'ul sta 7un, 7a li sk'atin la k'ak'al 7un. Bweno, 7a li ba la slup i vo7 7une, j-likel 7a tzake li vinik 7une, j-likel 7a sbik' 7un, bik'e la, 7oche sjunlej, mu7yuk, muk' xti7at. Bweno, k'alal 7iya7i ya7el 7a li vinike, chcham ta sik ta j-mek 7un, yu7un la tik'il ta yut vo7 7ox 7un, tik'il ta yut vo7 li vinike, sik la ta j-mek i sch'ut 7un. Bweno, 7a li k'alal 7iya7i xa, k'alal 7iya7i xa, k'alal chk'ixnaj sch'ut 7une, yu7un lok'em ta jwera la sk'atin k'ak'al 7a li chon 7a li lagarto 7une. Bweno, 7iyal, "Pero 7Ombre k'u ta jnop H7e, 7a taje, lok'em ta jwera taje," xi. 7Iya7ibe ti sk'ixnal sch'ut 7une, 7o la yunen kuchilu 7un, 7isjatbe la li sch'ut 7une, 7isk'opon la kajvaltik 7une. "K'u xi chilok' Ii7e, pero muk' chilok' tana Ii7e, kajval!" xi la 7un. Ta yut sch'ut i chon 7une, sna7 li kajvaltik 7une. Bweno 7iyul tzjol 7une, ja7 7islok'es tal skuchilu, sjatbe taj sch'ut 7une, k'al 7ijat i sch'ute, ja7 7o 7ilok' 7ilok' li vinik 7une. Va7i 7un, k'ot ta yalbe schi7iltak. "Bu Ia7ay, k'un ti lach'aye?" "7Ombre 7ijpas palta, lisbik' chon," xi la. K'ot la yalbe schi7iltak 7une. "7Ora sk'an ti rioxe, 7oy kunen kuchilu 7ijjatbe sch'ut 7un, lilok' 7o tale," xut la li schi7il 7une. "Bweno, mi chave7?" xi la 7un. "7Ay, chive7, batz'i chivi7naje, porke yoxibal xa k'ak'al muk' bu ve7emon H7e, komo te tik'ilon ta yut sch'ut i chone," xi la 7un. "Ve7an che7e!" x7utat la 7un. Bat noxtok 7un, kol ech'el 7un, te kom la li chon 7une, 7ismil komel 7un, mil komel pero 7ilok' li stuk la 7une. snake, remembered his knife and carved out an exit (Montes Sanchez, c. 1959:28). A man from Panajachel, Guatemala, who was swallowed by a "water dragon," spent two days in its belly before cutting his way out and escaping intact (Tax, 1950:2671). 7A ti moletik vo7ne, 7a li ch'abal to 7ox 7a li poxe, yakil vo7e ja7 7oy 7onox 7un. Bweno, 7a li 7isnopik la 7une, moletik vo7ne 7une,
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