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birth is given and she is joined to it like her brother by the conven- 

 tional umbilicus, yet she is also represented as married to Four Wind 

 and living with him at Kjiife Town. 



An important event in the life of a leading hero comes when he 

 has his nose pierced to receive the sacred jade button which will 

 make him a knight or commander in the Order of the Eagles, or 

 of the Jaguars, both being organizations of warriors. Sacred wars 

 are indicated by carrying the staff of Venus, since at certain times 

 it was necessary to find a royal victim to gratify the great planet. 

 Eight Deer, the most thoroughly documented individual of southern 

 Mexico, had his heart cut out as the victim of a sacred war, and at 

 an earlier time he is shown assisting at the sacrifice of his own 

 brother. 



Figure 4. — Birth dates of the eldest children of Eight Deer, Bodley codex. 

 LADY SIX MONKEY IN THE SELDEN CODEX 



Let US now examine an interesting passage which begins with the 

 top section of page 5 of the Selden codex and runs up through pages 

 6, 7, and 8. In plates 1, 2, and 3 we have a photographic repro- 

 duction of this part of the original manuscript. The text meanders 

 back and forth between horizontal guide lines which end in little 

 loops where a turn is to be made. The lowermost section reads 

 from right to left, the next one at the bottom of page 6 from left 

 to right, etc. The dramatic history of a certain princess named 

 Six Monkey, or Serpent Blouse, is here set forth. 



First we see the mother and father of Lady Six Monkey, seated 

 on a mat. The mother is Nine Wind, or Skull Jewel, and the father 

 is Ten Eagle. He has come from Lord Ten Flower and Lady Two 

 Snake, the day 10 Deer in the year 3 House, clearly referring to the 

 marriage of the parents rather than to that of the son.^" It seems 

 that Lady Nine Wind bore three sons, namely One Keed, Twelve 

 Water, and Three Water. All of these youths bear a flag and after 

 them comes a date in the year 9 Calli, which is 30 years after the 

 marriage of the grandparents. Next there is a shield and war 

 standard before Skull Temple which may represent a place with 



1" Id the Zouche codex, p. 23, the birth of the eldest son of Ten Flower and Two 

 Snake is placed in the year 5 Reed, or only 2 years later than 3 House. 



