CHAPTER VII.

GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.

Image of Tezcatlipoca -- His Seats at the Street-corners -- Various Legends about his Life on Earth -- Quetzalcoatl -- His Dexterity in the Mechanical Arts -- His Religious Observances -- The Wealth and Nimbleness of his Adherents -- Expulsion from Tula of Quetzalcoatl by Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli -- The Magic Draught -- Huemac, or Vemac, King of the Toltecs, and the Misfortunes brought upon him and his people by Tezcatlipoca in various disguises -- Quetzalcoatl in Cholula -- Differing Accounts of the Birth and Life of Quetzalcoatl -- His Gentle Character -- He drew up the Mexican Calender -- Incidents of his Exile and of his Journey to Tlapalla, as related and commented upon by various writers -- Brasseur's ideas about the Quetzalcoatl Myths -- Quetzalcoatl considered a Sun-God by Tylor, and as a Dawn-Hero by Brinton -- Helps -- Domenech -- The Codices -- Long Discussion of the Quetzalcoatl Myths by J. G. Müller 237