[15] The names to which we call attention in notes 15 to 22 represent, with a single exception, in misspelled form, well-known Mayan deities. It is interesting to note the early influence of the Spaniards on the religious beliefs of the Maya, as evidenced by the interpretation given to Father Hernandez by the old caçique. There is a curious mixture of old and new in the account. Dr Seler has identified the various deities spoken of, and a description of their attributes will be found in Brinton's Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphs. Içona is _Itzamna_, chief of the beneficent gods, the personification of the East. According to Brinton the name means "the dew or moisture of the morning." Brinton writes, "He was said to have been the creator of men, animals, and plants, and was the founder of the culture of the Mayas. He was the first priest of their religion, and invented writing and books." [16] According to Brinton the _Bacabs_, or _Chacs_, were the offspring of _Itzamna_ and his consort _Ix-Chel_ (spoken of by the caçique as _Hischen_). [17] _Chibirias_ is identified by Seler as _Ix-chebel-yax_, who, according to Brinton, was "the inventress of painting and of colored designs on woven stuffs." [18] _Echuac_ is _Ek Chua_, said by Landa to be the god of the cacao planters, hence, as cacao-beans were the medium of exchange, the god of merchants, as here related. It is difficult to understand the confusion by which this god has been interwoven in Christian beliefs as the Holy Ghost. [19] _Eopuco_ has been interpreted by Seler as_ Ah uoh puc_, or _Ah-puch_, the God of Death, or God of Evil. Brinton believes that "these words mean the Undoer, or Spoiler, apparently a euphemism to avoid pronouncing a name of evil omen." In modern Maya he is plain _Yum cimil_, lord of death. [20] _Cocolcan_ is _Cuculcan_, or _Kukulcan_, the same as the Nahuan _Quetzalcoatl_. _Kukulcan_ was the feathered or winged serpent god, a deity of culture and kindliness. [21] _Himis_ is _Imix_, the name of the first day of the twenty-day month of the Maya calendar. [22] _Hischen_ is _Ix-Chel_, the consort of _Itzamna_. Brinton states that the word means "rainbow," and that the goddess was also known as _Ix Kan Leom_, "the spider-web" which catches the dew of the morning. Her children, according to Brinton, the _Bacabs_ or _Chacs_ were "four mighty brethren, who were the gods of the four cardinal points, of the winds which blow from them, of the rains these bring, of the thunder and the lightning, and consequently of agriculture, the harvests, and food supply. Their position in the ritual was of the first importance. To each were assigned a particular color and a certain year and day in the calendar."