CHAPTER X.

GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.

Revenues of the Mexican Temples -- Vast number of the Priests -- Mexican Sacerdotal System -- Priestesses -- The Orders of Tlamaxcacayotl and Telpochtiliztli -- Religious Devotees -- Baptism -- Circumcision -- Communion -- Fasts and Penance -- Blood-drawing -- Human Sacrifices -- The Gods of the Tarascos -- Priests and Temple Service of Michoacan -- Worship in Jalisco -- Oajaca -- Votan and Quetzalcoatl -- Travels of Votan -- The Apostle Wixepecocha -- Cave near Xustlahuaca -- The Princess Pinopiaa -- Worship of Costahuntox -- Tree Worship 430