53
Sahagun states that the “hair” of the uauantin was kept as a trophy. This seems to me analogous to the North American Indian custom of scalping, which is sometimes spoken of as “losing one’s hair,” a phrase which, through its use among American border fighters, has passed into slang.
54
Tezcatlipoc took the form of a coyote and lay in wait for travellers. Sahagun, bk. v, c. xiii.
55
Or coyote.
56
Sahagun, bk. ii, Appendix.
57
Sahagun, bk. ii, Appendix.
58
Seler, Commentary on Codex Vaticanus B, p. 175.