K&H.p84.#4 TOK.p29.r1.c1 BMM9.p14.r6.c2 JM.p149.#1 JM.p149.#2 Grube-WwH.p170.fig3.a
K’AWIL K’AWIIL K’AWIL K’AWIL K’AWIL:la K’AWIIL
K&L.p31.#7.1-7
K’AWIL
K&H.p73.J1 TOK.p36.r4.c4 BMM9.p20.r4.c4 JM.p149.#3
K’AWIL K’AWIIL K’AWIL K’AWIL:li
K&L.p31.#7.8-9 MC.p164.r3.c7
K’AWIL K’AWIL
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· Known as God K in the Schellhas classification.
· The three very common god heads (Chaak, K’awiil, Yopaat) each have one distinctive characteristic in the logogram form of their names. However, all three of them have a shark tooth protruding to the left and a mouth tendril waving downwards and to the right, which makes them less easily distinguishable. Thankfully, they also each have a different end phonetic complement and this (if present) can help to distinguish them, if the characteristic is not clearly present in the logogram.
|
God |
Distinguishing characteristic in logogram |
End phonetic complement |
|
Chaak |
A spondylus-shell ear |
ki |
|
K’awiil |
LEM and flames in forehead |
la |
|
Yopaat |
Three scrolls on top, each with protectors |
ti |
· Variants (4):
o A. Full: god head + infixed “LEM” in forehead + “flames”:
§ Optional: phonetic complement la – where the three god heads Chaak, K’awiil, and Yopaat can sometimes be difficult to tell apart, the (occasional) phonetic complements of (respectively) ki, la, ti can be helpful.
o B. Reduced: “LEM” + “flames”.
o C. Very reduced: just “flames”. This is the “underspelled” form, where the head is omitted. It needs context to show that it’s K’awiil rather than k’ahk’.
o D. Full body. [Get some examples]