Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ means of e3^es in a dotted(that is, dark) field. On this side of the court are represented, not different deities,but different disguises of the same deity. The application of darkpaint to the face around the e3^es, like a domino, is the one essentialcharacteristic in which this god coincides with the deity of the morn-ing star, who, according to the interpreters rendering, is lord of thedawn, but also lord of the twilight Avhen night is about to fall (quiere dezir senor de manana quando amanege, y lo mismo es senorde

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Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history; . ^ means of e3^es in a dotted(that is, dark) field. On this side of the court are represented, not different deities,but different disguises of the same deity. The application of darkpaint to the face around the e3^es, like a domino, is the one essentialcharacteristic in which this god coincides with the deity of the morn-ing star, who, according to the interpreters rendering, is lord of thedawn, but also lord of the twilight Avhen night is about to fall (quiere dezir senor de manana quando amanege, y lo mismo es senorde aquella claridad quando quiere anochecer). (See figures 62 and03.) The same characteristic is, however, also an attribute of Cam-axtli, who was the god of Tlaxcallan and was called god of the chase See, concerning this god, Das TonalamatI der Aubinschen Sammlung, p. 682 andfollowing. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. WALL PAIN BULLETIN 28 PLATE XXXVIII

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