. Young folks' history of Mexico. ormed and whence the streams image of Tlaloc, the oldest in Mexico, and supposed tohave been made by the ancient Toltecs, was found on amountain by the Chichimecs when they arrived in image, which was of white stone, was taken away byKing Nezahualpilli, and a black one substituted. Thiswas soon struck by lightning, and the priests declaring thisto be a punishment from heaven, the ancient white one wasreplaced, and worshipped till broken by a Spanish bishop,at a general destruction of the gods. Tlaloc had a com-panion goddess, Chalchih
. Young folks' history of Mexico. ormed and whence the streams image of Tlaloc, the oldest in Mexico, and supposed tohave been made by the ancient Toltecs, was found on amountain by the Chichimecs when they arrived in image, which was of white stone, was taken away byKing Nezahualpilli, and a black one substituted. Thiswas soon struck by lightning, and the priests declaring thisto be a punishment from heaven, the ancient white one wasreplaced, and worshipped till broken by a Spanish bishop,at a general destruction of the gods. Tlaloc had a com-panion goddess, Chalchihuitlicue, who resided in the storm-clouds. Xiuhteuctli was the god of fire, to whom the Mexicans i6o Mexico. burned incense and offered the first morsel of food anddraught at meals by throwing them into the fire. The great goddess of the Totonacs was Centeotl^ wor-shipped also under the name of Tonantzin, goddess of theearth and corn, who had a temple on the top of a highmountain, and was served by a great number of priests. This. vf)^ ^^^^CJ^ goddess of grain was a true Mexican Isis, who presidedover the crops, granting bountiful harvests. The Mexi-cans, who seem to have adopted this deity, alone stainedher altars with human blood. Gloomiest of the gods was Mictlaiiteuctli^ god of hell,and his awful spouse, Mktlancihuafi, who was believed todwell in darkness in the interior of the earth. Varieties of Gods. i6i JoalteuctU was god of the night; Joalticitl, the goddessof cradles, who watched over children in the darkness ofnight. There were several gods of war, besides the great Huit-zilopochtli, sort of younger brothers, or adjutants. Everytrade had its patron deity, like Jacateuctli, god of commerceand the merchants ; Xipe, the god of the goldsmiths, whomno one could neglect to worship without being afflicted withitch and boils; Nappateiictli^ god of the mat-weavers, ajolly, generous sort of a god, the best-hearted of the was the goddess of hunting; Opochtli the go
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