. Bulletin. Ethnology. 428 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bdll. 28 snail is the symbol of birth among Central American people, and a very appropriate one. Doctor Seler accej^ts this view in the Compte rendu of the Seventh Congress of Americanists (Berlin. 1800), pages 580 and following, where he also proves from Aztec manuscripts the manifold relations of the whelk, the sea snail, to the deities of death, besides whom the snn god also usually appears. Doctor Seler has already discussed these relations in his essay " Der Charakter der Aztekischen und Maya handschriften ".. t G 9. Pleas
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 428 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bdll. 28 snail is the symbol of birth among Central American people, and a very appropriate one. Doctor Seler accej^ts this view in the Compte rendu of the Seventh Congress of Americanists (Berlin. 1800), pages 580 and following, where he also proves from Aztec manuscripts the manifold relations of the whelk, the sea snail, to the deities of death, besides whom the snn god also usually appears. Doctor Seler has already discussed these relations in his essay " Der Charakter der Aztekischen und Maya handschriften ".. t G 9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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