. The serpent symbol, and the worship of the reciprocal principles of nature in America . America, however,we find many remains, which, although in a ruined state, aremuch more complete and much more interesting than anyothers concerning which we possess any certain information, * This, as we have elsewhere intimated, was in accordance with the system ofthe Aztecs, who represented cognate deities by cognate symbols, and invested theimpersonations or descendants of the greater gods with their emblems. ThusQuetzalcoatl, as an impersonation of Tezcatlipoca, had a cognate symbol. See, onthis point
. The serpent symbol, and the worship of the reciprocal principles of nature in America . America, however,we find many remains, which, although in a ruined state, aremuch more complete and much more interesting than anyothers concerning which we possess any certain information, * This, as we have elsewhere intimated, was in accordance with the system ofthe Aztecs, who represented cognate deities by cognate symbols, and invested theimpersonations or descendants of the greater gods with their emblems. ThusQuetzalcoatl, as an impersonation of Tezcatlipoca, had a cognate symbol. See, onthis pointy Gama, DescripcionHistoricay Cronologica etc. p. 36. 200 AMERICAN ARCHiEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. The zeal and energy of Messrs. Stephens and Catherwoodhave placed many of these before us in a form which enablesus to detect their leading features. Ranking first amongst themany interesting groups of ruins discovered by these gentle-men, both in respect to their extent and interesting character,are those of Chichen-itza. One of the structures comprisingthis group is described as follows : ^.
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