22 Vetala-s

Tehuacan 21

8. "Pinnacle", a city;

p. 9, # 1 pinnacle from

layers of quilts

blanket

7. "Black-wheel";

# 2 black Topiltzin

submersion of

p. 64, # 3 in pool,

king of

man eating faeces

"Copper City"

(= gold of gods)

6. "White" as laundryman

p. 64, # 4 white banner

5. "Smoke-tail";

p. 11, # 5 feather-tail;

man in flying chariot

human (arms) in bird

4. hail-storm of goddess

p. 11, # 6 storm-breath of goddess

3. dead lover biting

# 7 sharp-toothed Tlaloc

1. three-pronged fork is

p. 12, # 8 spear

heated in fire

p. 13, # 9 fire-god

22. at "the city of Death"

p. 70, # 10 death-god;

king is murdered, his widow

murder of man by his

fleeing to lotus-pond

being thrust under water

21. Pradyumna [who was found

within a caught fish]

p. 13, # 11 a fish being caught

20. mechanical lion is built

p. 13, # 12 mountain-lion

p. 12, # 13 Ixquimilli [punisher

19. intention for adultery

of adultery]

18. Kanwa [according to Veda,

deity of abortion]

p. 12, # 14 goddess of prostitution

p. 11, # 15 being swallowed

17. forgot own life-experiences

[emblematic of forgetfulness ?]

16. woman is misdescribed as

p. 11, # 16 goddess appearing to be

having bad qualities, but

monstrous, but

actually beautiful

actually a butterfly

15. mountain formed of

p. 65, # 16 [17] geologic strata (?);

bones of dead serpents

dismembered snake

14. elephant [for spraying water,

p. 64, # 17 [18] water-tubes;

in Ajivika scheme] from which

wearing of pendant (as

hero is rescuer

badge of merit ?)

13. woman named

p. 63, # 18 [19] goddess wearing

"Pearl"

shawl of white spheres (pearls ?)

12. "the blazing sun" for

p. 9, # 19 sun-god

Hari-swami [hari is "day"

in Iban]

11. "seed of fate ...

p. 62, # 19 [20] seeds beneath

'tis strange"

twisted frame

10. the sound of pestles

p. 9, # 20 pestle being broken

9. suits of clothing were made,

p. 61, # 20 [21] peculiar clothing

one suit being given to god

is worn by god Xipe Totec

Arthur W. Ryder (transl.):

Twenty-Two Goblins.

Codex Borgia

J. M. Dent & Sons, 1917