. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. 11)111 ^L n Hli.^^l&fr^1^ f^XIIXXXTTTTTTT^^ XTTCTT i_- -~ o --^- *m <a«| IJ13ilL. XIJXXXIJTiIIlZEXX3nEXXX°T^^ PAINTINGS AT MITLA selek] EXPLANATION OF WALL PAINTINGS 319 (a, figure 79, from Duran, volume 2, plate 6, a), and of Paynal andAtlaua as they are represented in the Aztec Sahagun manuscript ofthe Biblioteca del Palacio at Madrid (b and c, figure 79). It was alsocharacteristic of Mixcoatl, who, like Camaxtli, was god of the chase,and in honor of whom the Mexicans celebrated the feast of picture in
. Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;. 11)111 ^L n Hli.^^l&fr^1^ f^XIIXXXTTTTTTT^^ XTTCTT i_- -~ o --^- *m <a«| IJ13ilL. XIJXXXIJTiIIlZEXX3nEXXX°T^^ PAINTINGS AT MITLA selek] EXPLANATION OF WALL PAINTINGS 319 (a, figure 79, from Duran, volume 2, plate 6, a), and of Paynal andAtlaua as they are represented in the Aztec Sahagun manuscript ofthe Biblioteca del Palacio at Madrid (b and c, figure 79). It was alsocharacteristic of Mixcoatl, who, like Camaxtli, was god of the chase,and in honor of whom the Mexicans celebrated the feast of picture in the Sahagun manuscript of the Biblioteca del Palaciorepresents this feast, with the god and hunters wearing the costumeof the god, who perform a dance or inarch in procession before him(a, figure 80). Finally, this characteristic is exhibited in exactly thesame way in the Borgian coclex, by the god who is being sacrificed onthe ball ground on which the red and the black Tezcatlipoca are atplay (b. figure 80). It is also one of the attributes of the Mimix-coua, the sorcerers, called Xiuhnel and Mimitzin, who, with theirsister Quilaztli, were found by th
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