ITZTLACOLIUHQUI-IXQUIMILLI = “THE CURVED OBSIDIAN KNIFE,” “THE BLIND ONE”
- Area of Worship: Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
- Minor Names: Cipactonal.
- Calendar Place: Ruler of the thirteenth day, acatl; and of the twelfth week, ce cuetzpalin.
- Compass Direction: South.
- Relationship: Variant of Cinteotl: son of Tlazolteotl.
ASPECT AND INSIGNIA
Codex Borgia.—The god is indicated by a bundle having a peculiar object with two black, longitudinal stripes for a head. At the eye-level a bandage is worn, and the whole is crowned with a hair wig and bound with a double-jewelled fillet. The crown of the “head” is also indicated by two longitudinal stripes which terminate in an involuted peak, curving backwards. Two malinalli (grass) stripes are worn as a breast-ornament, and the lower extremities are draped with a flowing cloth.
General.—The head is more elaborately shown in the Mexican MSS. proper. Through the peak is thrust a carefully inserted arrow and its anterior edge is