[14] On Quetzalcoatl, see _Müller_, pp. 577-590; _Bancroft_, Vol. III. pp. 239-287; _Torquemada_, Lib. vi. cap. xxiv., Lib. iii. cap. vii.; _Clavigero_, Lib. vi. § 4; _Ixtlilxochitl_ in _Ternaux-Compans_, Vol. XII. pp. 5-8 (further, pp. 9-27 of the same volume on the Toltecs); _Prescott_, Bk. i. chap, iii., Bk. iv. chap, v., and elsewhere; _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 3-4, 245-6, 255-259, Lib. i, cap. v., Lib. iii. cap p. iv. xii.-xiv. [15] See _Clavigero_, Lib. iv. §§ 4, 15, Lib. vii. § 42; _Humboldt_, pp. 319-20, cf. p. 95; _Prescott_, Bk. i. chap. i. and elsewhere; _Bancroft_, Vol. V. pp. 427-429; _Müller_, pp. 526 sq. [16] _Clavigero_, Lib. vi. §§ 5, 15, 34; _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 16-19, Lib. i. cap. xiii.; _Bancroft_, Vol. III. p. 385. [17] See _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 10-16, Lib. i. cap. xii. [18] See _Boturini_, "Idea de una nueva historia general de la America Septentrional," &c.: Madrid, 1746, pp. 63-65. [19] _Bancroft_, Vol. III. pp. 403-417; _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 22-25, 29-33, Lib. i. capp. xv. xvi. xix. [20] _Bancroft_, Vol. III. pp. 396-402; _Clavigero_, Lib. vi. §§ 1, 5. [21] _Sahagun_, Tom. I. p. 86 (cf. p. 88), Lib. ii. cap. xx. [22] _Sahagun_, Tom. I. p. 50, Lib. ii. cap. i. [23] Compare the detailed description of the festivals of the ancient religion of Mexico in _Bancroft_, Vol. II. pp. 302-341, Vol. III. pp. 297-300, 330-348, 354-362, 385-396. [24] Amongst all the indigenous races of North America, prolonged fasting is regarded as the means _par excellence_ of securing supernatural inspiration. The Red-skin to become a sorcerer or to secure a revelation from his _totem_, or the Eskimo to become _Angekok_, will endure the most appalling fasts. [25] _Torquemada_, Lib. vi. cap. xxxviii.; cf. _Sahagun_, Tom. I. p. 174, Lib. ii. cap. xxiv. [26] _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 35--39, Lib. i. cap. xxi. [27] _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 11-16, Tom. II. pp. 57-64, Lib. i. cap. xii., Lib. vi. cap. vii. [28] Elements were not wanting for the formation of a dualistic system analogous to Mazdeism. The _Tzitzimitles_ nearly corresponded to the Iranian _Devas_. They were a kind of demon servants of Mictlan, who delighted in springing upon men to devour them, and the protection of the celestial gods was needed to escape from their attacks. _Sahagun_, Tom. II. p. 67, Lib. vi. cap. viii. (in the middle of a prayer to Tlaloc). Cf. also Tom. II. pp. 14 sqq., Lib. v. capp. xi.-xiii. [29] On the Mexican priesthood, see _Bancroft_, Vol. II. pp. 200-207, Vol. III. pp. 430-441; _Clavigero_, Lib. vi. §§ 13--17; cf. Lib. iv. § 4; _Humboldt_, pp. 98, 194, 290; _Prescott_, Bk. i. chap. iii.; _Torquemada_, Lib. ix. capp. i.-xxxiv. [30] _Camargo_ (in Nouv. An. d. Voy. xcix.), pp. 134-5. [31] _Bancroft_, Vol. II. pp. 204-206, Vol. III. pp. 435-436; _Torquemada_, Lib. ix. capp. xiv. xv.; _Sahagun_, Tom. I. pp. 227-8 (last section of Appendix to Lib. ii.); _Acosta_, Lib. v. cap. xvi.; _Clavigero_, Lib. vi. capp. xvi. xxii.