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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.85,0:00:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’ rose from the underworld \Nto the surface of the eastern sea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.14,0:00:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on into the heavens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.32,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His brother K’in Ahaw followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though Chak Ek’ had risen first, \NK’in Ahaw outshone him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.60,0:00:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the resentful Chak Ek’ descended back\Nto the underworld
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.47,0:00:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to plot against his brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.89,0:00:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mayan mythology, Chak Ek’ represents \NVenus and K’in Ahaw represents the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.19,0:00:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Known as both the morning and the \Nevening star,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.27,0:00:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Venus moves through the sky, \Nsometimes visible before sunrise,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.43,0:00:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes after sunset,\Nand occasionally not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.08,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient Maya identified this roughly \N584 day cycle
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a thousand years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it still accurately predicts when and \Nwhere Venus will appear in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.04,0:01:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five of these cycles make up almost \Nexactly eight years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.98,0:01:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Maya also recognized \Nthis larger cycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.24,0:01:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They assigned Chak Ek’ five \Ndifferent forms,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.45,0:01:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one for each cycle of Venus, \Nthat were repeated every eight years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.55,0:01:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the 584 day cycle, Venus is visible\Nin the evening sky for 250 days,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.74,0:01:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then disappears for 8 days before \Nreappearing as the Morning Star.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.37,0:01:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient Maya ascribed particular \Nsignificance to this point in this cycle:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.25,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first time Venus appears before \Nsunrise after being invisible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.56,0:01:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this day, Chak Ek’ rose again from the \Nunderworld,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.32,0:01:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wielding a spearthrower and darts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.57,0:01:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To bring discord to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.60,0:01:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he decided to attack his brother \Nand his brother’s allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.65,0:01:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His first target was K’awiil, god of \Nsustenance and lightning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.75,0:02:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rising in the late rainy season, Chak Ek’ \Naimed his spear and struck K’awiil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing damage to the food and a \Nperiod of chaos in the social order
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.07,0:02:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until K’awiil was reborn.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.57,0:02:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,584 days after attacking K’awiil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.38,0:02:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’ turned his attention back to his \Nbrother, the Sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.80,0:02:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each night, the Sun took the form of \Njaguar
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.85,0:02:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and journeyed through the underworld.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.91,0:02:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’ speared the jaguar sun as it rose\Nat dawn towards the end of the dry season.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.31,0:02:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sun was wounded, plunging the \Nworld into a period of chaos and warfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.64,0:02:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’s third victim \Nwas the god of maize,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.91,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who provided sustenance for all humankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.04,0:02:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’ speared him at the \Ntime of the harvest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.58,0:02:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was buried in the underworld, \Nand maize—the staple of life—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.82,0:02:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was no longer available \Nto Earth’s inhabitants.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.09,0:02:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the maize god emerged after three \Nmonths in the place of new beginnings–
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.100,0:03:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the eastern cave known as Seven Water \NPlace– bringing food once again to earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.35,0:03:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the turtle Ak Na'ak rose in the sky \Nto mark the summer solstice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.57,0:03:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’ claimed his fourth victim.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.79,0:03:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the death of this good omen, \Nthe Sun, the food supply, and the people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.14,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were buried within the earth, and the \Nforces of chaos reigned.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But out of the chaos rose a new order\Nestablished by Hun Ajaw,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.96,0:03:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the hero twins known to all
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.66,0:03:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for having vanquished \Nthe lords of the underworld.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.55,0:03:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new race of humans was created, \Nmade from maize.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.81,0:03:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This state of balance was not to last, \Nhowever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.74,0:03:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chak Ek’s fifth and final victim was a \Nmysterious stranger from the west,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.92,0:03:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his death \Nin the heart of the dry season
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.51,0:03:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shook the order established by Hun Ajaw.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.40,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gods, the lords, and the maize were \Nburied in the underworld.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:03:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this victory for Chak Ek’ would also \Nprove temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.27,0:04:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two brothers, Venus and the Sun, \Nwere caught in an endless cycle
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.94,0:04:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they battled for supremacy, re-enacting\Nthe same five struggles,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.72,0:04:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the world alternated between order\Nand chaos
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.81,0:04:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rising of the Morning Star.