. Bulletin. Ethnology. seler] VENUS PERIOD IN PICTURE WRITINGS 369 which is yellow, in the Codex Vaticanus even dotted yellow and red, and the Avavy outlines forcibly recall the manner in which the skin flayed from a human being, Xipe's usual attire, is commonly repre- sented in the picture writings. Since Xipe Totec is placed among the five gods of this particular row, I am convinced that the act of tearing olf the strip is meant to represent the tlacaxipeualiztli, " flaying of the victim ", which was customary at the feast of Xipe Totec and also at the feasts of the earth goddess.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. seler] VENUS PERIOD IN PICTURE WRITINGS 369 which is yellow, in the Codex Vaticanus even dotted yellow and red, and the Avavy outlines forcibly recall the manner in which the skin flayed from a human being, Xipe's usual attire, is commonly repre- sented in the picture writings. Since Xipe Totec is placed among the five gods of this particular row, I am convinced that the act of tearing olf the strip is meant to represent the tlacaxipeualiztli, " flaying of the victim ", which was customary at the feast of Xipe Totec and also at the feasts of the earth goddess. In the fourth row five female divinities are represented as offering the breast to a naked human form [a, figure 90). I believe that this. • / Fig. 96. Mexican deities and Maya hieroglyphs. row is intended to represent the " nourishing" of the gods, the tlatlatlaqualiliztli, which was the concluding act of the sacrifice, and consisted in moistening the mouths of the idols with the blood of the victims by means of a strip of paper or a rod dipped in the blood, which had been caught in a bowl. 7238—No. 28—05 24. 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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