This god was connected with the flowering of the maize, on which occasion, during the month tepeilhuitl, octli was drunk and his festival celebrated. (See Sahagun, Appendix to bk. ii.) [[300]]

[1] The locus classicus for representations of the octli-gods is the Codex Magliabecchiano, which presents a most valuable series of them, pp. 49–59. [↑]

[2] Bk. i, c. xxii. [↑]

[3] “Mirror covered with Straw.” [↑]

[4] See Seler, “Temple-pyramid of Tepoxtlan,” Bulletin 28, U.S. Bureau of Ethnology, p. 349. [↑]

[5] Teatro Mexicana, tom. i. [↑]

[6] Hist. de los Indios, tom. ii, p. 240. [↑]

[7] Bk. i, c. xiii. [↑]

[8] Manuel de los Ministros, p. 35. [↑]