THOMAS.] SYMBOL OF THE LONG NOSED DEITY. 359 



ceremonies relating to tlie manufacture of idols. Neither the sym- 

 bol nor the god it represents is to be found in the Dresden Codex. 



Kiilinlcaii. (?) This is the symbol of the long nosed god. which 

 Dr. SrlicUlias designates " the god with the snake-like tongue," 

 (jf which representations appear so frequently in the different 

 codices (see Fig. 381). 



The snake-like appendages hanging from the side 

 of the mouth may possibly be intended to represent 

 a curved fang rather than part of a divided tongue. 

 A remarkable figure on Plate 73 of the Borgian 

 Codex deserves special notice here. This is the 

 representation of a deity sujaposed by Kingsboroiigh 

 to be Qiietzalcoatl, in which the head is as represented 



and other 



nosed god (Kukulcani or " god with the snake-like tongue.' 



in Fig. .'38'2. Here we see both tongue and fang, and also an eye 

 precisely of the form found in the Maya symbol. 



Whether Kukulcan is the god indicated is uncertain, unless he is 

 identical with the long nosed god, or Maya Tlaloc. so frequently 

 figured in the Manuscript Troano and the Cortesian Manuscript. It 

 is only necessary to compare the figures on Plates 2 to 5 of the latter 

 codex with the long nosed, green figures of Plates XXVI, XXVII, 

 XXIX. XXX. and XXXI of the former to be convinced that they 

 represent the same deity, and that this is the Maya Tlaloc or rain 

 god, whatever may be the name by which he was known. 



As the symbol which accompanies these is the same as that found in 



