Note 9 — Chapter V · DEITIES OF THE EARTH AND GROWTH PROPER (continued 2)
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Seler, Commentary on Vaticanus B, p. 262, believes the ceremony to refer to the parturition of the goddess, who gives birth to Cinteotl, although he at first elucidated the ceremony as here indicated. Seler confounds the postures of sexual intercourse and parturition. ↑