Bowditch, Charles P, Hagar, Stansbury · United States : [s.l.] · leaf 120
apparently takes th« place of the cross-bones figured upon the skirt of the Maya Goddess I. lelmet is probably some form of death symbol, here perhaps signifying in floods. Ciuacoatl was also the mother of Mixcoatl, whom we have seenI with Sagittarius, nine signs distant. The period of gestation… … Hagar—Maya Zodiac at Santa Rita 217 The next deity is presented with flesh-colored face, wearing an ocelotihead-dress, and a yellow human skin which covers his entire body and faceexcept around the mouth (fig. 2). The flayed skin is further indicated by thecrease on the back and the dislocation of…
