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The gods of Mexico

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Nephrite Figure of a Death-god Frontispiece

FACING PAGES

Colossal Statue of Coatlicue 14, 15

Statue of Coatlicue 16, 17

The Great Calendar Stone of Mexico 38

Symbols of the “Suns” in Mexican Cosmogony 40, 41

The Trees of the World-quarters 58, 59

The Tree of the Middle-quarter 60

Uitzilopochtli 66

Coyolxauhqui 67

The Red and Black Tezcatlipocâs 92

Tezcatlipocâ in Various Forms 93, 98

Altar of Skulls to Tezcatlipocâ 99

Quetzalcoatl and Tlauizcalpantecutli 118

Quetzalcoatl and the Death-god 119

Forms of Quetzalcoatl 120, 121

Tonacatecutli-Tonacaciuatl 121

Forms of Tlazolteotl 156, 157

Forms of Chicomecoatl 170

Cinteotl 171

Ciuacoatl 180

Forms of Ciuacoatl 181

Xochiquetzal and her Symbols 188

Forms of Xochiquetzal 189, 190

Stone Figures of Macuilxochitl 196, 197

Forms of Macuilxochitl 198

Forms of Xochipilli 199

Pottery Figure of Xochipilli 200

Forms of Xochipilli 201

Forms of Xipe 204

Stone Image of Xipe 205

Forms of Xipe 208

Itzpapalotl 222

Itzpapalotl (Stone of Aristides Martel) 223

Xilonen and Zapotlantenan 223

Forms of Tlaloc 236, 237, 240

Chalchihuitlicue 258

Chalchihuitlicue and Tlauizcalpantecutli 259

Chalchihuitlicue and Uixtociuatl 260

Forms of the Tlaloquê 261

Xiuhtecutli and Tlauizcalpantecutli 268, 269, 272

Xiuhtecutli and Chantico 276

Ixcoçanhqui and Chantico 277

Tepoxtecatl 292

Patecatl, with Octli Emblems 293

The Octli-gods 298, 299

Totoltecatl 299

Forms of Tonatiuh 300

Mexican Idea of Sacrifice to the Sun-god 301

Planetary Deities 304

Forms of Mixcoatl 310, 311

Forms of Tlauizcalpantecutli 320

Tlauizcalpantecutli and Victim 321

Forms of the Underworld Deities 328

Statue of an Octli-god 329

Variants of the Great Gods 336

Xolotl and Tlaloc 344

Minor Deities 345

The Lords of the Night-hours 364

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