[10] In The Ascent of Olympus. [↑]
CHAPTER IX
STELLAR AND PLANETARY DEITIES
TONATIUH = “THE SUN”
- Area of Worship: Plateau of Anahuac.
- Minor Names:
- Piltzintecutli = “Young Prince.”
- Totec = “Our Chief.”
- Xipilli = “The Turquoise Prince.”
- Calendar Place:
- Third of the nine lords of the night.
- Ruler of the nineteenth day-count, quiauitl.
- Ruler of the day-sign ce xochitl.
- Compass Direction: Upper region; the heavens; lord of the east.
- Symbol: The sun-disk, which he usually wears as a back-ornament.
- Festivals: The fourth day, nauollin, in the sign ce ocelotl (movable feast).
| (From Codex Borgia, sheet 70.) | (From Codex Borbonicus, sheet 10.) |
FORMS OF TONATIUH.