21 (Vera Cruz, 1872).] In his character as god of days, the deity who brings back the diurnal suns, and thus the seasons and years, Quetzalcoatl was the reputed inventor of the Mexican Calendar.

He himself was said to have been born on Ce Acatl, One Cane, which was the first day of the first month, the beginning of the reckoning, and the name of the day was often added to his own.[1] As the count of the days really began with the beginning, it was added that Heaven itself was created on this same day, Ce Acatl.[2] [Footnote 1: _Codex Vaticanus_, Pl.

xv.] [Footnote 2: _Codex Telleriano Remensis_, Pl.

xxxiii.] In some myths Quetzalcoatl was the sole framer of the Calendar; in others he was assisted by the first created pair, Cipactli and Oxomuco, who, as I have said, appear to represent the Sky and the Earth.

A certain cave in the province of Cuernava (Quauhnauac) was pointed out as the scene of their deliberations.