. The myths of Mexico and Peru. the fatal day upon which he must be sacrificedarrived. He took a tearful farewell of the maidenswhom he had espoused, and was carried to the teocalliof sacrifice, upon the sides of which he broke themusical instruments with which he had beguiled thetime of his captivity. When he reached the summithe was received by the high-priest, who speedily madehim one with the god whom he represented by tearinghis heart out on the stone of sacrifice. Huitzilopochtli, the WarGod Huitzilopochtli occupied in the Aztec pantheon aplace similar to that of Mars in the Roman. Hisor
. The myths of Mexico and Peru. the fatal day upon which he must be sacrificedarrived. He took a tearful farewell of the maidenswhom he had espoused, and was carried to the teocalliof sacrifice, upon the sides of which he broke themusical instruments with which he had beguiled thetime of his captivity. When he reached the summithe was received by the high-priest, who speedily madehim one with the god whom he represented by tearinghis heart out on the stone of sacrifice. Huitzilopochtli, the WarGod Huitzilopochtli occupied in the Aztec pantheon aplace similar to that of Mars in the Roman. Hisorigin is obscure, but the myth relating to it is dis-tinctly original in character. It recounts how, underthe shadow of the mountain of Coatepec, near theToltec city of Tollan, there dwelt a pious widow calledCoatlicue, the mother of a tribe of Indians called Cent-zonuitznaua, who had a daughter called Coyolxauhqui,and who daily repaired to a small hill with the intentionof offering up prayers to the gods in a penitent spirit70.
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