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Idea, pp. 63–66. This myth seems to me to show vestiges of a belief in the theory of the transmigration of souls, and to indicate that the ascetic, almost on the borders of what is known in Buddhistic belief as “arahatship,” or promotion to a higher life, was condemned for his lapse to recommence existence once more under a low form of life.

34

Bk. i, c. xix, appendix.

35

See Appendix in the Tonalamatl, “Day-signs.”

36

A diacritical point.

37

Bk. x, c. xxxv.

38

Bk. x, c. xxxi.

39

Seler, Commentary on Aubin Tonalamatl, p. 119.

40

Seler, Commentary on Codex Vaticanus B, p. 161.

41

But see the song to Cinteotl in the portion dealing with that god, which in a manner refers to Xochipilli.

42

Commentary on Aubin Tonalamatl, p. 87.

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