And twenty faces showed the sun that appeared in the west, still and unmoving.


And they all prayed that the sun would move through the sky and see each cardinal direction with five different faces laden with omens.
-
imix
abundance
-
ik
the wind
-
akbal
the darkness
-
kan
the maize
-
chiccham
the water serpent
-
cimi
death
-
manik
the hunt
-
lamat
the celestial messenger
-
muluc
the shark of long memory
-
oc
the dog
-
chuen
the monkey
-
eb
the dew
-
ben
the stalks
-
ix
the jaguar
-
men
the old spiner
-
cib
the wax
-
caban
the earth
-
eznab
the sacrificial knife
-
cahuac
the storm
-
ahau
the sovereign