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CHAPTER III

of children’s excrement, in allusion, perhaps, to his character of a young or new-born god. He occasionally wears the stellar mask,2 like Mixcoatl and Camaxtli.

Body-paint.—Blue.

Dress.—Usually the humming-bird mantle, pictographic of his name. His head is surmounted by a panache of feathers. On his breast is a

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