TOTOLTECATL = “HE OF TOLLAN”
- Relationship: One of the octli-gods.
ASPECT AND INSIGNIA
Sahagun MS. (Biblioteca del Palacio).—The deity wears a paper crown surmounted by a panache of heron-feathers and a nose-plug like that worn by the other octli-gods. His wig or hair falls over his shoulders. The upper part of his body is nude, but he wears a red-bordered cloth round the head. His shield is a peculiar one, and Sahagun calls it a “shield of the boat.” In shape it is almost like a modern door, and from it depends what seem to be paper strips. He wears bands of some textile material, which are tied behind with knots round the leg, and he is shod with sandals. In his hand he carries the obsidian axe typical of the octli-gods. He seems to have been a drink-god of the Toltecs.