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For OpEdNews: dick overfield - Writer balam 11.9999 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In May, 2009, Peru's army began staging to deploy in the Amazon rainforest to lift blockades across rivers and roads by indigenous people opposed to oil, gas, logging and mining projects.
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Throughout its range, the jaguar (Maya, _balam_ or _tšakmul_) is the most dreaded of the carnivorous mammals.
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_Chuluc balam_, literally “tiger piss,” the name of a common medicinal plant, used in Guatemala as a diuretic (Guzman).
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Ok xtak [c] ape chuluc balam yohol ru [c,] ak ruma
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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The terminal letter in both these words -- "_chilan_," "_balam_," -- may be either "_n_" or "_m_," the change being one of dialect and local pronunciation.
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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The prophecies are of the priest who bore the title -- not name -- _chilan balam_, and whose offices were those of divination and astrology.
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Léon de Rosny is justified in rendering LXVI, 43, by _ek-balam_.
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The Nahuatl name and the Quiche-Cakchiquel, _balam_, denote the "tiger," possibly the jaguar, though the Mexican name certainly refers to the
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Although none is comparable to or as well known as the Northern Amerind manitou, they do include balam
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Xepe [c] a chiri Pantzic, Paraxone, xqui toloba can ri, xeul chic Pan che Chi [t] ohom ru bi, [c] a chiri [c] a xquitih vi halal qui pokob, ka chunah rupam ree chee [c] i quecha chirichin chee, xa orocom rupam chee xqui chunah, xa [c] a rachak chicop cot balam, xqui chunabeh rupam chee.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
whichbe commented on the word balam
A great and powerful figure in Hell. He gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty. Balam is depicted as being three-headed. One head is the head of a bull, the second of a man, and the third of a ram. He has flaming eyes and the tail of a serpent. He carries a hawk on his fist and rides a strong bear. At other times he is represented as a naked man riding a bear. (Wikipedia)
May 28, 2008
yarb commented on the word balam
Not to be confused with Balham, a bear-free area in South London.
May 28, 2008