Bowditch, Charles P, Hagar, Stansbury · United States : [s.l.] · leaf 120
upon the skirt of the Maya Goddess I.This helmet is probably some form of death symbol, here perhaps signifyingdeath in floods. Ciuacoatl was also the mother of Mixcoatl, whom we have seenassociated with Sagittarius, nine signs distant. The period of gestation figuresin this manner in several of… … Hagar—Maya Zodiac at Santa Rita 217 The next deity is presented with flesh-colored face, wearing an ocelotlhead-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…
