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The second class involves genuine predictions for the coming year, usually gloomy, if not catastrophic, such as those for a certain Katun 5 Ahau in the Tizimin and the Mani.
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The second class involves genuine predictions for the coming year, usually gloomy, if not catastrophic, such as those for a certain Katun 5 Ahau in the Tizimin and the Mani.
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I had not been many hours in Katun i veter when a good-looking Greek turned up, and asked the Franciscan's hospitality for the night.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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The third class is of the greatest historical value, because the priest in charge of the Katun had to predict future events in the coming Katun based on his past experience.
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In some Katun or twenty-year prophecies in the Books of Chilam Balam, the Christian God is even cited as the authority for prophecies that were made long before the arrival of the Spaniards.
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On a certain date (Katun 8 Ahau in the Mesoamerican calendar, late 12th century) one of the rulers at Chichen Itza apparently stole the bride of another more powerful chieftain during the wedding festivities.
The Books Of Chilam Balam and the Trojan War Of Yucatan 2008
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Writing around 1566, Bishop Landa states that the Spaniards arrived in what is now Merida in 1541 in the era of Katun 11 Ahau in the Maya dating system, which appears to be an error on Landa's part.
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According to the Maya cyclical concept of time, what happened in the past during a particular Katun was expected to recur in a future Katun of the same name.
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Writing around 1566, Bishop Landa states that the Spaniards arrived in what is now Merida in 1541 in the era of Katun 11 Ahau in the Maya dating system, which appears to be an error on Landa's part.
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There are four classes of prophecies in the Books of Chilam Balam: day-prophecies; year-prophecies, Katun (twenty-year) prophecies, and prophecies concerning the return of Quetzalcoatl (Kukulcan in Mayan).
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