Seler

American  

[zey-luhr] / ˈzeɪ lər /

noun

1. Eduard 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.

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Seler

Dr Seler contends that the figure originated from the plaited reed or mat, which, if correct, enables us to trace it by gradations to a wholly different figure.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Cyrus Thomas

Drs Seler and Schellhas appear to be of this opinion.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Cyrus Thomas

Dr Seler first suggested that the first part of the name might be derived from the root chi, chii, “mouth, to bite,” and hence that the signification might be “the biting serpent.”

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Cyrus Thomas

Moreover, this supposition on the part of Dr Seler is in direct conflict with his statement in the immediately preceding paragraph.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Cyrus Thomas

Dr Seler interprets these star-like figures as sun symbols, but the number found together on this plate forbids the supposition that they represent suns.

From Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. by Cyrus Thomas