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Tamoanchan, the paradise of the west, [175]
Tecciztecatl, a moon-god, [43]
Tecuilhuitontli, the festival of, [262]
Temalacatl, or stone of combat, [214]
Teotleco, the festival of, [102]–3
Teoyaomiqui, a goddess, [184]
Tepeyollotl, an earth-god, [332] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [332]–3;
myths of, [333]–4;
nature and status of, [334]–5
Tepoxtecatl, an octli-god, [291] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [291];
temple, [291];
nature and status, [291]–2
Teteo innan, a goddess, [153]
Tezcatlipocâ, a deity. As obsidian, [29]–31; [110] ff.;
as a turkey, [111] (note);
aspect and insignia, [91]–7;
festivals of, [97]–103;
myths of, [103]–10;
nature and status, [110]–11;
red and black forms of, [96] ff.;
as Xipe, [205]
Tezcatzoncatl, a deity, [289] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [289]–90;
myth of, [290];
nature and status, [290]
Tititl, festivals of, [230]
Tlacacozcaquauhtli, the vulture god, [188]
Tlacaxipeuliztli, the festival of, [212]–17
Tlachitonatiuh (“Earth-sun”), a period in Mexican cosmogony
Tlachtli, the Mexican game of, [176]
Tlaloc, the Rain-god. Prayer to, [12];
his pluvial character, [15];
elements of his cult, [23]–4;
mention of, [189], [191];
aspect and insignia of, [236]–41;
statuary and vases, [241]–2;
myths of, [242]–6;
festivals of, [246];
temples of, [252]–3;
priesthood, [254];
prayers to, [254];
nature and status, [254]–6
Tlalocan, the paradise of Tlaloc, [15], [61]–2
Tlaloquê, the servants of Tlaloc, [15], [242]–6
Tlalxicco, interior of the earth, [59]
Tlamacasque, a priest, [187], [188]
Tlapcopa, Region of the East, [5]–9
Tlatauhqui Cinteotl (“Temple of Red Maize”), [177]
Tlauizcalpantecutli, [319] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [319]–22;
nature and status, [322]–4
Tlaxochimaco, the festival of, [69]–70
Tlazolteotl, a goddess, [156] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [156]–9;
myths of, [159];
sacrifice to, by shooting with arrows, [159]–60;
hymn to, [160]–1;
festivals of, [161]–5;
ritual of, [165]–6;
temple of, [166];
priesthood of, [166];
nature and status of, [166]–9
Tlillan calmecac, temple of Ciuacoatl, [182]
Tloque nahuaque, the creative spirit, [148]
Toci, a goddess, [152]
Toctitlan (“Place of our Grandmother”), temple of Tlazolteotl, [165], [166]
Tollan, city of, [10]
Toltec civilization, the, [10]
Tomiauhtecutli, a deity, [299];
aspect and insignia, [299];
nature and status, [299]
Tonacaciuatl, a creative goddess, [147] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [147]–8;
myth of, [148]–50;
nature and status, [150]–2
Tonacatecutli, a creative deity, [146] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [146]–7;
myths, [148]–50;
nature and status, [150]–2
Tonalamatl, the, a book of fate and fortune. See Appendix, [359] ff.;
nature of, [359]–60;
day-signs of, [360]–1;
in tabular form, [361]–2;
day-gods of, [362]–3;
gods of the “weeks,” [363];
“Lords of the Night,” or Acompañados, in, [364];
lords of the day-hours in, [365];
festivals included in the, [366];
recapitulation of information regarding the, [366];
solar calendar and the, [367];
names of the years, [368];
the calendar-round, [368]–9;
the nemontemi, [369]–70;
Venus period and the, [370];
bibliography of the, [373]
Tonatiuh, the Sun-god, [300] ff.;
aspect and insignia of, [300]–2;
wall-paintings [[388]]of, [302];
myths of, [302]–3;
festivals of, [303];
nature and status, [303]–5
Totec tlamacasque, the high-priest of Uitzilopochtli, [81]
Totemism, [17]–18
Totochtin, an octli-god, [298];
aspect and insignia, [298]–9;
nature and status, [299]
Totoltecatl, an octli-god, [297];
aspect and insignia, [297]
Toxcatl festival, [97] ff.
Tozozontli festival, [248]–9
Trade wind, Quetzalcoatl as the, [138] ff.
Tree of the East, [58];
of the North, [58];
of the South, [59];
of the West, [58]
Tzitzimimê, demons of the air, [324] ff.;
aspect and insignia, [325];
myths of, [325];
nature and status, [325]–6