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the Vienna codex is found also a representation where the radiating 

 eye is enthroned in a house of its oAvn (figure 76). This palace 

 of the radiating eye is represented on a mountain, on whose surface 



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Pig. 74. Venus symbol and figures of mountains and house, from Maya and Mexican codices. 



is indicated a blossoming tree, and opposite is seen, clothed in eagle 

 array, the deity " 9 rolling ball ". We have already seen this 

 same deity in the remarkable representation in figure 73, where, 



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Fig. 75. Temple aud sun symbol, from the Borgian codex. 



clothed in eagle array, he and a god with an alligator mask, together 

 with the descending Quetzalcoatl, are bringing down from the 

 heavens the houses of the clay and the night. Night is here repre- 

 sented (see &, figure 73) by a head with closed eyes. This representa- 



