The sign of this god, as was the case with the others and as seems to be the general rule, consists merely of a representation of the god's head, combined with a sign which probably represents an affix. The sign is found wherever the deity is represented and is an exact rendering of the god's head, so that there can be no doubt as to its being the name hieroglyph. True variations are not found, the hieroglyph being perfectly alike in all the manuscripts. The nature of this deity is not easily determined, though it occurs in the Codices Troano and Cortesianus with extraordinary frequency, so that it would be seen that these two manuscripts, which evidently belong together, treat principally of this deity. No analogous deity is found in Aztec picture writing. * * * To all appearances we have here a momentous figure of Maya mythology, of which, unfortunately, we know nothing. It is true that this symbol is found in almost every instance where the figure of the god appears--in fact, with fewer exceptions than others in reference to which there is probably little doubt. It is also true that the symbol is an exact copy of the god's head; but on the other hand there are strong reasons for doubting the correctness of Dr. Schellhas's conclusion. The first is that the figure of the supposed deity seems to have more indications of being the conventional representation of an idol than of a deity. The lines of the head are precisely the same as those on the heads of the carved idols.[365-1] We also find it in connection with the wood symbol (marginal No. 6) at the only points where the latter is found in the Cortesian Codex, and, what is significant, in wholly inappropriate places unless connected with an idol figure. These are found in the lower division of Plates 10 and 11, two on the top of thatched roofs and another on the head of the deity called the "god with the old man's face," the head in the latter case being apparently carved from a block of wood. The second is to the same effect, the symbol being found over each of the figures of the lower division of Plates 26, 27, and 28 of the Cortesian Codex and the middle division of Plates XXXI* and XXXII* of the Manuscript Troano, where there appear to be processions of the different deities. It is also significant that in the latter case each deity is bearing in his hands what seems to be a block of wood from which in all probability an idol is to be carved. Third, we find rows or lines composed entirely of this symbol, as in the so-called title page of the Manuscript Troano. DISCUSSION AS TO PHONETIC FEATURES OF THE CHARACTERS.