He has associations with several other gods besides Cinteotl, especially with Ixtlilton (q.v.), who is spoken of as his brother, and with the Ciuateteô, or deceased warrior women, probably because as a food-god he was supposed to come from the west, the place of plenty, where they resided, or, more likely, because of the hunger for earthly excitement displayed by these pleasure-starved dead women, debarred from the sensuous delights of earth. His connection with the octli-gods as the god of merriment and abundance of victuals and festive good things is plain; and he is very naturally the male counterpart of the goddess Xochiquetzal (q.v.). As hailing from a locality where planetary mythology was in an advanced condition, and where the worship of the morning star was practised, he may have had an astronomic significance, but what this was precisely is by no means clear. We probably assess his nature correctly if we allude to him as a god of pleasure, feast, and frivolity. XIPE TOTEC = “OUR LORD THE FLAYED” Area of Worship: Plateau of Anahuac, Zapotecs, Yopis. Minor Names: Tlaltecutli = “Lord of the Earth.” Anauatl yteuc = “Lord of the Seaboard.” Tlatauhqui Tezcatlipocâ = “The Red Tezcatlipocâ.” Itztapaltotec = “Our Lord of the Flat Stone.” Youallauan = “Night Drinker.” Symbol: In Codex Borgia a quail with its head torn off seems symbolical of this god. Calendar Place: Lord of the fifteenth day, quauhtli, and of the fourteenth week, ce itzcuintli; with the Fire-god, lord of the twentieth tonalamatl division, ce tochtli. Festival: Tlacaxipeuliztli. Compass Direction: West. ASPECT AND INSIGNIA