The lapidaries who worked precious stones in the time of their
pagandom adored four gods, or better said devils: the first was
called _Chicunavitzcuintli_, the second _Naoalpilli_, the third
_Macuilcalli_, and the fourth _Cintcutl_: to all these last three
gods they made a festival when there reigned the sign or character
called _Chicunavitzcuintli_, which is a woman, and for this (reason)
they painted it so: to this (one) they attributed the cosmetics of the
women, and in order to signify this they painted it with a crosier
in the right hand, and in the left they put a shield, in the which
(shield) there was represented a foot. They also put ear-ornaments of
gold on it, and from the cartilage of the nose hung a butterfly of the
same metal, and they dressed it (the idol) with a _uipil_ and woman’s
shirt that was woven white and red, and also the skirts: they put on
some sandals, also colored, having some paintings that appeared like
almonds. To all these four (gods) they gave their images or their
titles, so that they might die in their service on the day of their
festival. That one called _Naoalpilli_ they decked out, and they cut
the strands of hair in unequal lengths, very badly cut, disheveled or
standing on ends, and divided in two parts. They put on the forehead
a delicate plate of gold (thin) like paper, some earrings of gold in
the ears, and in the hand a crosier decorated with rich feathers, and
in the other (hand) a shield made like a net, and in four parts it had
rich feathers badly placed. They also dressed it with a jacket woven
white and red, with edging in the lower end: they also put on it some
colored sandals. And the other god, called _Macuilcalli_, they also
composed like a man, the hair cut in the middle of the head like a
ridge, that is called _quachichiquille_, and this ridge was not of
hair but made of the richest feathers. They placed in the temples some
plates of delicate gold, and a jewel hung from the neck also, made
of a round and wide marine shell. In the hand a crosier made of rich
feathers was placed, and in the other hand was a shield with some
circles of red, some inside the others; they had the body painted
vermilion color, and they also put on it some sandals of the same
color. The other god, called _Cinteutl_, was fashioned in the likeness
of a man, with a mask wrought like mosaic-work, with some rays of the
same (mosaic-work), coming out of the same mask. They put on it a
jacket of cloth dyed light-blue; a jewel of gold hung from the neck.
They place it (the idol) on a high platform from which it looked out,
which platform, called _cincalli_, was composed of cornstalks after
the manner of a _xacal_. They adorned it with some white sandals,
the fastenings of which were made of loose cotton; they say that to
these gods they attribute the artifice of working precious stones, of
the making of barbotes (the tops of helmets), and ear-ornaments of
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