Seler

American  

[zey-luhr] / ˈzeɪ lər /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

But it is more likely that it has direct reference to the wind which accompanies the rain storm rather than to “fruitfulness,” as Seler supposes.

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 Thomas, Cyrus

This explanation is accepted by Seler, as Bishop Nuñez de la Vega, the principal authority regarding this mythological personage, says that “in every province he was held to be the heart of the village.”

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 Thomas, Cyrus

The most excellent and exhaustive treatment by Dr. Seler would seem to render the present paper unnecessary.

From Animal Figures in the Maya Codices by Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston)

Dr Seler thinks, however, that the Maya names were derived, as above stated, from im.

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 Thomas, Cyrus

The other name of the divinity, called “the Heart of the Hills,” is in Quiche, Alom, “he who begets,” and the Zapotec Cozaana, another analogue of the same deity, is translated by Seler, “the Begetter.”

From Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Brinton, Daniel Garrison