Lists
FIGURE 16. List of deities, from page 25 of the Codex Vienna.
A third poetic structure is the list, in which the poet recites a series of names. In this example from the Prayer to Copal, a list of the names of saints is recited:
| You, Juana | Yo’o Juana |
| You, Tiresa | Yo’o Tiresa |
| You, Tifania | Yo’o Tifania |
| You, Masave | Yo’o Masave |
| You, Masalu | Yo’o Masalu24 |
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The visual list of deities shown here is taken from the Codex Vienna (Figure 16). Reading this images from left to right, top to bottom, the following translation can be produced (note the triplet structure of the images as well):
| You, Lord 1 Alligator |
| You, Lord 7 Wind |
| You, Lord 7 Rain |
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| You, Lord 7 Flower |
| You, Lord 7 Deer |
| You, Lord 9 Motion |
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24 Monaghan 1990, 135.