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This is in reference to a 13 day period.  The trecena is the reference point at which we find day signs.  The [[tonalli]] is often referred to as a house belonging to the trecena in the Florentine Codex.
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This is in reference to a 13 day period.  The trecena is the reference point at which we find day signs within the tonalpohualli.  It serves the same purpose in the tonalpohualli as the Cempohualilhuitl does in the Xiuhpohualli.  The [[tonalli]] is often referred to as a house belonging to the trecena in the Florentine Codex.
  
 
==== Trecena Order and Teotl Associations <ref>Boone, Elizabeth Hill.  Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate.  Page 48.</ref> ====
 
==== Trecena Order and Teotl Associations <ref>Boone, Elizabeth Hill.  Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate.  Page 48.</ref> ====

Latest revision as of 06:09, 6 July 2014

This is in reference to a 13 day period. The trecena is the reference point at which we find day signs within the tonalpohualli. It serves the same purpose in the tonalpohualli as the Cempohualilhuitl does in the Xiuhpohualli. The tonalli is often referred to as a house belonging to the trecena in the Florentine Codex.

Trecena Order and Teotl Associations [1]

Number Trecena Teotl
1 1 Cipactli Tonacatecuhtli, sometimes with Tonacacihuatl
2 1 Ocelotl Quetzalcoatl
3 1 Mazatl Tepeyollotl with Tlazolteotl or Quetzalcoatl
4 1 Xochitl Huehuecoyotl, with Ixnextli or dancer
5 1 Acatl Chalchiuhtlicue
6 1 Miquiztli Tecciztecatl, with Tonatiuh or Tezcatlipoca
7 1 Quiauitl Tlaloc, sometimes with Chicomecoatl
8 1 Malinalli Mayahuel, sometimes with Xochipilli or Cinteotl
9 1 Coatl Xiuhtecuhtli and Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
10 1 Tecpatl Mictlantecuhtli and Tonatiuh
11 1 Ozomahtli Patecatl, sometimes with eagle and jaguar
12 1 Cuetzpallin Itztlacoliuhqui
13 1 Ollin Tlazolteotl
14 1 Itzcuintli Xipe Totec
15 1 Calli Itzpapalotl
16 1 Cozcacuauhtli Xolotl, sometimes with Tlalchitonatiuh
17 1 Atl Chalchiuhtotolin
18 1 Ehecatl Chantico
19 1 Cuauhtli Xochiquetzal, with dancer or animal
20 1 Tochtli Xiuhtecuhtli and Xipe/Iztapaltotec

References

  1. Boone, Elizabeth Hill. Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate. Page 48.