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coatl and lies along the roof of a lionse. Then follows unmistakably 

 the figure of Xolotl," the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, characterized 

 by the physiognomy of an animal (dog?)- He is adorned wath 

 Quetzalcoatl's conical cap of jaguar skin and his necklace of snail 

 shells. The torn ears of a dog appear here almost in the shape of 

 feather tufts. 



After Xolotl the drawing of a mountain, or town, Avith the hiero- 

 glyph '' emerald " on its surface, and on its top a house, follotws, and 

 out of the roof of the house grows a blossoming tree. Then follow 

 two human forms facing downward, which bear two mountains 

 (towns) on their backs by means of the mecapal. a carrying strap 

 passing over the forehead. The first is characterized by waA^ng lines 

 on its surface, in the middle of which are two mirrors. On its sum- 

 mit it bears the house Avith the blossoming trees. The other mountain 

 has on its surface the hieroglyph '" mirror " repeated three times, 

 one aboA'e the other, and on its summit it has the head of a turkey. 



In fragment 5 on plate xxxviii, besides a couple of serpents* heads, 

 there are visible an eagle and a jai^uar, at least the splendid W exe- 

 cuted claws of one. 



In fragment 1, plate xxxix, the picture of the death god is to be 

 seen, whose face is painted like that of Tezcatlipoca, and wdio Avears 

 the stone knife as an ear peg and throAvs a lance Avith one hand. 



In fragment 4, plate xxxix, the year '" 1 reed ", the name of the 

 morning star, is given beside the picture of Quetzalcoatl. It seems 

 therefore that liere on the right (eastern) end of the frieze of the 

 north side the transformation of Quetzalcoatl into the morning 

 star Avas indicated. 



The remains of the frieze on the Avest side of the court of Palace 

 I are reproduced in fragments (3 to 9 on plate xxxix. I was obliged 

 to free the last of these from the masonry that had been built over 

 them before I could copy them. The night, or the starry sky, is here 

 represented as a surrounding border by means of eyes in a dotted 

 (that is, dark) field. 



On this side of the court are represented, not different deities, 

 l)ut di tie rent disguises of the same deity. The application of dark 

 paint to the face around the eyes, like a domino, is the one essential 

 characteristic in Avhich this god coincides with the deity of the morn- 

 ing star, who, according to the interpreter's rendering, " is lord of the 

 daAvn, but also lord of the tAvilight when night is about to fall " 

 (quiere dezir senor de manana quando amanece, y lo misnio es seiior 

 de aquella claridad quando quiere anochecer). (See figures 62 and 

 08.) The same characteristic is, hoAvever, also an attribute of Cam- 

 axtli, Avho Avas the god of Tlaxcallan and Avas called god of the chase 



" See, concerning this pod, Das Tonalaniall der Auhinsclien Saninihnif;. p. (582 and 

 following. 



