Re: Calendar Systems

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:04:23 -0500, scott <sjcaldwell@...> wrote:

>
>Interesting stuff. You've got some great background mythology -- or
>at least the beginnings of it.
>
Thanks.  I was quite pleased with it myself. :)

>
>> dzak      /dzak/              "fire"
>> tsu       /tsu/               "air"
>> nuatl     /nwa'tK/ /nwa'tl/   "rain" (possibly)
>> tlomal    /tlo'mal/           "earth", "soil"
>> llapas    /Ka'pas/            "water"
>> tlep      /tKEp/              "stone" (again, possibly)
>> capil     /Sap'Il/            "light" (I'm really unsure about this
>> one)
>
>Other possibilities: blood, wood, life, lightning, ether (as from
>ethereal)
>
I was thinking about some sort of material light or ether-type substance
for the last.  It might become "tapan", meaning ether, upper air, that sort
of thing, or I may decide that tapan is the realm of their cosmos which is
filled with/composed of light.

I'm going to try to symbolically connect each of the elements with a part
of the body or soul/spirit, so Water is connected with blood, Earth with
flesh, Stone with the bones, Air with the breath/spirit, and Fire, Rain and
Light with various aspects of the soul.

I've partially borrowed this from an African culture I heard about once
that had a concept of multiple souls, each with a different role, but I
can't remember any details.  Anyone know any more?

Geoff