Study or Forget. Chorti': Etz'nab', Kiche: Tijax, Yucatec: Etz'nab, Nahua/Aztec: Tecpatl. Based on correlation 584188.
Etz'nab' is a compound word. It comes from ehtz' - observation, study, imitation - and nahp - forgetfulness, a forgetting. (Note: in Chorti' the b' and the p are equivalent.) While there is no 'or' between them I believe it is understood. The two concepts are a duality - one or the other - study or forget about it. The word ehtz' itself probably comes from the word eht, which means trial or test.
The Etz'nab' day was probabaly named soon after the night of November 21, 7915 BCE, when Mars turned retrograde on the tzolk'in date of 5 Etz'nab' (what would become Etz'nab'). The Mayan leader and shaman, 7 Hunapuh, had predicted to the arch-enemy Xibalba that Mars would not turn retrograde until the next night. As punishment he was killed, pushed through the hole in the escarpment near the Corinto Cave called the razor house - a 30 foot drop with razor-sharp rocks on the sides. Study or forget about it. Based on his experience, those who followed studied the Mars cycle very closely. Eventually they used that knowledge to defeat the Xibalba.
The glyph on the Mayan symbol is that of razor edges and the Aztec name means flint or flint knife. Both are symbols of the razor house that was the consequence for 7 Hunaphu for forgetting instead of sufficiently studying.
Eta'nab' calls us to be prepared and to be exact. It is a time when there may be direct blows or attacks. With preparation, study, and observation we can respond calmly. Joe Louis and Dan Rather both have the 1 Etz'nab' day sign.
1 Etz'nab' corresponds to the period 3716 to 3684 BCE in the Mars retrograde calendar.
This 13-day week:
1 Etz'nab', Tuesday, April 23
2 Kawe't, Wednesday, April 24
3 Ahchuk, Thursday, April 25
4 Imi'x, Friday, April 26
5 Ik'ar, Saturday, April 27
6 Akb'ar, Sunday, April 28
7 Kach, Monday, April 29
8 Chichan, Tuesday, April 30
9 Chamer, Wednesday, May 1
10 Ch'i', Thursday, May 2
11 K'anir, Friday, May 3
12 Tojma'r, Saturday, May 4
13 Tz'i', Sunday, May 5
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