borne thither by certain priests. If the banquet was suitable he praised the host, but otherwise rebuked him, and it is said that, if irritated in any way, he would turn the viands into hair (as did certain of the fairies of Brittany, when annoyed or insulted). The night before a festival a cake like a large bone was made, and this, it was feigned, was a bone of the deity himself. This cake was eaten and octli was drunk, after which spines of the maguey were thrust into the stomach of the idol. There can be little doubt that, as Sahagun states,5 Omacatl was solely and simply a god of festivities.
CIUATETEÔ = GODDESSES CIUAPIPILTIN = PRINCESSES
- Area of Worship: Mexico.
- Calendar Place: Supposed to descend to earth on initial days of third tonalamatl quarter.
- Festival: First day of ce mazatl (movable feast); ce quiauitl (movable feast); ce ozomatli (movable feast).
- Compass Direction: West.
- Relationship: Frequently associated with the Uitznaua.