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sents the star which, hurrying after the setting sun, as the Mexicans 

 imagined, descends into the earth, the underworld. 



The breast ornament is also significant. It is a white ring, sup- 

 posed perhaps to be made from a mussel shell, with which, besides 

 this god, not only the god Tezcatlipoca in particular, but also Uitzilo- 

 pochtli and his image, Painal, are ornamented. In the technical 

 description this ornament is designated in the case of the latter god 

 as "his golden ring"" (iteocuitlaanauauh), or "his breast mirror" 

 (eltezcatl). 



The same elements as those in the figure described above are found 

 in the picture of the Tonalamatl of the Aubin-Goupil collection 

 placed at the ninth division {b, figure 93). Here, on the left, is the fire 

 god, and opposite to him, on the right side of the picture, is Tlauiz- 

 calpan tecutli, the divinity of the morning star. The striped white 

 painting of the body, the black dominolike painting around the eyes 

 bordered Avith small white circles, the headband with the two ])ointed 

 ovate white objects affixed to it, the crown of dark feathers, and the 

 ring worn as a breast ornament are to be seen. Only, here, instead 

 of the quetzal feathers, water and fire (atl tlachinolli), symbolic 

 of war, project from the feather crown, and the skull mask hangs 

 down at the back of the headdress. Instead of the hieroglyph 

 ce Acatl, " 1 reed ", there is only the figure of a blazing star in the 

 middle of the iiicture. Under it there are some other special sym- 

 bols: the sign of fire, an animal resembling a dog (xolotl), and the 

 bag (matlauacalli) and arrow of the hunting god. 



The pictures which accompany the ninth section in the tonalamatl 

 of the Borgian codex and Codex Vaticanus B are somewhat dilferent. 

 In the picture of the Borgian codex (cf, figure 94) the morning star 

 is on the left side confronting the fire god, who occupies the right 

 side of the picture. The former is all white, not white with red 

 stripes, and has the deep black dominolike painting around the 

 eyes, but lacks the border of small white circles. The headband 

 and feather crown are the same as to their elements as those in a and 

 h, figure 93, except that here two bands terminating in balls of 

 down project on either side. The god Avears as a breast ornament, 

 not the ring, but a broad rectangular plate, painted blue, which is 

 probably meant to represent turquoise mosaic. He wears a nose peg 

 of the same form as those usual in the pictures of Tezcatlipoca. 



In the corresponding picture of Codex Vaticanus B (5, figure 94) 

 the morning star is represented on the right side. He is striped 

 white and red, has the same dominolike painting around the eyes, 

 and wears the ring as a breast ornament, and also Tezcatlipoca's 

 nose peg. The same elements are to be distinguished in the head- 

 band and feather crown, despite the somewhat uncertain drawing, 

 as in the corresponding articles of dress of the other figures, except 



