CHAPTER VI.

GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.

Gods and Religious Rites of Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango, and Sinaloa -- The Mexican Religion, received with different degrees of credulity by different classes of the people -- Opinions of different Writers as to its Nature -- Monotheism of Nezahualcoyotl -- Present condition of the Study of Mexican Mythology -- Tezcatlipoca -- Prayers to Him in the time of Pestilence, of War, for those in Authority -- Prayer used by an Absolving Priest -- Genuineness of the foregoing Prayers -- Character and Works of Sahagun 178