Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . otoltecatl, Izquitecatl, Chimalpanecatl, Yauhtecatl, Tezcatzoncatl,Tlaltecayoua, Pahtecatl, Papaztac, Tlilhua; and a pulque god Tepox-tecatl, a god of Tepoxtlan, is repeatedly and prominently mentioned. « Sahagun, v. 4, cliap. 5. SKLKRJ TEMPLE PYRAMID OP TEPOXTLAN 349 If the fact is taken into consideration that the temple which I havedescribed above is still called by the people casa del Tepoztecothen the supposition is not far to seek that it is our Tepoxtlan fromwhich the pulque god Tepoxtecatl (figure 87) derived hi
Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . otoltecatl, Izquitecatl, Chimalpanecatl, Yauhtecatl, Tezcatzoncatl,Tlaltecayoua, Pahtecatl, Papaztac, Tlilhua; and a pulque god Tepox-tecatl, a god of Tepoxtlan, is repeatedly and prominently mentioned. « Sahagun, v. 4, cliap. 5. SKLKRJ TEMPLE PYRAMID OP TEPOXTLAN 349 If the fact is taken into consideration that the temple which I havedescribed above is still called by the people casa del Tepoztecothen the supposition is not far to seek that it is our Tepoxtlan fromwhich the pulque god Tepoxtecatl (figure 87) derived his name, andthis supposition is confirmed by two good witnesses. In the Relacionthat I already mentioned at the beginning, which was the reply toan inquiry blank, dispatched under King Philip II with the samewording to all towns of the Spanish colonial territory, the questionconcerning the name of this place and the meaning of the name isanswered thus: They say that the place is named Tepoxtlan because,when their ancestors settled this land, they found this name already. Fig. 87. Tepoxtecatl, the pulque god, from Mexican painting inBiblioteca Nazionale, Florence. in use, for those who settled there before (or first) said that the greatdevil, or idol, which they had, was called Ome tuchitl, that is, 2rabbits , and that he bore the surname Tepoxtecatl . The other tes-timony is furnished by the often-mentioned picture manuscript of theBiblioteca Nazionale in Florence, which, besides various other pulquegods, represents Tepoxtecatl in full figure and in hieroglyph and re-marks concerning him: This is the representation of a great in-iquity which was the custom in a village named Tepoxtlan; namely,when an Indian died in a state of intoxication the others of this vil-lage made a great feast to him, holding in their hands copper axeswhich were used to fell wood. This village is near are vassals of the Lord Marques del Valle In figure 87 I give the picture of the pulque
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