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the one in which the god Quetzalcoatl was expected to reappear; and it so hap- 
pened that in this very year Cortez entered the land of Mexico, Gloomy 
prophecies had preceded his advent, and he meta sovereign predisposed to sub- 
mission, 
* Tlapalla, This is the Tlapatian which Brinton (A. H. M., 89) believes to be 
the “City of the Sun,” the original home of the Aztecs, All this he considers a 
sun myth, The word signifies ‘the red land” (Codez Mendoza, Anales I, 4, 178), 
It was to this country that Quetzalcoatl was to take his journey (Buschman, p, 
684), 
“ Tlapatlan, the red land, and Tizapan, the white land, were really the names 
for the land of the sun. Tizapan from tizatl, white earth, and pan in.” (Am, 
Hero Myths, 135.) The idea holds ground among some scholars that this long 
record is only one of journeyings up and down through the valley of Mexico. 
%° Chapultepeque. Monte des Conejos, (Garcia, IV, 28.) Cerro del Chapulin 
(Bot, 78), See note 48, 
3. Ouluacan. Golhnanen ¢ A Er owe ae 
ERRATUM. 
On page 648, 12th line from bottom, for quid non intelligor read quia 
non intelligor 
the goddess of flowers. 
Asimilar myth is narrated (A. H.M., 90) of the birth of Quetzalcoatl, “the 
feathered serpent,” which seems more probable from the connection of this 
name with the hunch of feathers, the virgin is stated here to have placed in her 
bosom, 
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omeans (Garcia, IV, 293) the navel of the earth. 
#8 Bridge of Chapultepeques this is probably a clerical error of pwente for fuen‘e, 
asin the preceding chapter a (fountain or) stream of water (fuente) is spoken of 
as existing at that place. The word means hill of the locust, from chapulin, 
locust, and tepee, a hill. . (Of, Note 80.) 
“Tn the original ¢es, meaning evidently tres. 
Tn the original dos, probably an error for los. 
*®Ciquacoatl, more properly Cihuacoatl; the serpent woman (Myths New 
World, 120); Cihuacohuatl (Clavigero, I, 216). 
