[7] Commentary on Codex Vaticanus B, p. 287. [↑]
[8] Bulletin 28 of U.S. Bureau of Ethnology, pp. 355 ff. [↑]
[9] See Commentary on the Codex Vaticanus B, p. 90. It seems to me that, as Tezozomoc says, these were gods of the “signs and planets,” i.e. of the tonalamatl in its augural or astrological sense. If so, the definitely astrological nature of the tonalamatl might be argued therefrom. [↑]
CHAPTER X
GODS OF DEATH, EARTH, AND THE UNDERWORLD
MICTLANTECUTLI = “LORD OF MICTLAMPA” (REGION OF THE DEAD)
- Area of Worship: Mexican Plateau.
- Calendar Places:
- Lord of the tenth day-count, ce tecpatl, and of the tenth week.
- Eleventh of the thirteen lords of the day and fifth of the nine lords of the night.
- Symbol: Skull, or bunch of malinalli grass.
- Compass Direction: North.
- Relationship: Husband of Mictecaciuatl; one of the Tzitzimimê.