Koryak (EC)

Codex Borgia

month

festival

celebration

#

p.

scene

late Aug

Koyan-aitatek

"Welcome of returning reindeer" (p. 87)

13

68

star-studded red snake {cf. constellation Draco; red-nosed Rudolph at North Pole}

Sep

Tanteginin

"Memorial service for deceased persons" (p. 87)

14

67

rattlesnake-pendant [=memory?] god; man being swallowed [= forgotten?]

Oct

Gitoga-koyan-matik (p. 86)

"reindeer brain" (p. 76) [a brain is composed of grey matter]

15

66

skull-headed goddess Mictlanca-cihuatl (with mandible and head stripe both grey)

"the "reindeer" made of green bundled grass" (p. 76)

green crocodile-root herb

Nov

Magei-lavt

severed "reindeer’s ... left leg" (p. 216)

16

65

severed deer’s foot

"head for dancing" (p. 215) {cf. dancing on head of Kaliya}

cut-up snake {= "tread on me!" – "shall bruise thy head" (B-Re>s^it 3:15)}

Mar

Nevrab

foot-race (p. 80)

17

64

turkey’s foot

"pregnant reindeer’s" (p. 92)

enclosed water {cf. amniotic fluid}

May

Kilway

"turn the empty pot upside down" (p. 82)

18

63

upside-down pot under throne

"the fawns are born" (p. 73)

man descending through chute

early Jul

Anoatt

"saying farewell to reindeer" (p. 73)

19

62

Xochi-quetzal & Piltzin-tecuhtli (mutually saying farewell?)

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[none]

tanning of hides by pine-needles crushed in urine (p. 225)

20

61

human skin in worn by Xipe Totec wearing cone-shaped helmet [cf. cones of pine-trees, which have conical tops]