The description proper of each deity begins with an account of his Aspect and Insignia, as observed in the several codices and paintings, manuscripts, vases, or statuary. [75] A section is devoted to festivals celebrated in his honour, another deals with the priesthood specially attendant on him, and a further paragraph with the temples in which he was worshipped. There follows a précis of all known myths relating to him. In certain instances, too, hymns and prayers offered up to him are quoted. The last section deals with his nature and status, so far as I have been able to elucidate these. UITZILOPOCHTLI = “HUMMING-BIRD WIZARD” Area of Worship: Mexico. Minor Names: Tetzateotl—“Terrible God.” Tetzahuitl—“The Raging.” Ilhuicatl Xoxouhqui—“The Blue Heaven.” Mexitli—“Hare of the Maguey.” Compass Directions: The South; upper region. Festivals: Toxcatl, the fifth month; first of tlaxochimaco, the ninth month. Panquetzaliztli, the fifteenth month. Movable feast ce tecpatl. Relationships: Son of Coatlicue. Brother of the Centzonuitznaua. Brother of Coyolxauhqui. One of the Tzitzimimê. ASPECT AND INSIGNIA Face-paint.—Blue and yellow horizontal stripes, the yellow known as piloechinolli (“face-painting of children”) made of children’s excrement, in allusion, perhaps, to his character of a young or new-born god. He occasionally wears the stellar mask, [76] like Mixcoatl and Camaxtli. Body-paint.—Blue. Dress.—Usually the humming-bird mantle, pictographic of his name. His head is surmounted by a panache of feathers. On his breast is a white ring made from a mussel-shell, like those of Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipocâ, and Paynal, which is called eteocuitlaanauauh (“his golden ring”) or eltezcatl (“his breast mirror”). Perhaps the best representation of him is in Codex Borbonicus (sheet 34). Weapons.—Shield (teueuelli), made of reeds, with eagle’s down adhering to it in five places in the form of a quincunx. He carries spears tipped with tufts of down instead of stone points (tlauacomalli), the weapons of those doomed to a gladiatorial death, the fire-snake xiuhcoatl as an atlatl, or spear-thrower, and the bow, which he was supposed to have invented or introduced into Mexico. The flag held by him on some occasions represents the panquetzaliztli festival in Codices Telleriano-Remensis and Vaticanus A. Variations.—He is frequently to be observed wearing the insignia of the stellar gods of war and hunting (Mixcoatl, Camaxtli).