107/131 His Divine Majesty has fashioned you in a mould, as one fashions a ball of gold; you have been chiseled as a precious stone, artistically dressed by your Father and Mother, the great God and the great Goddess, assisted by their son, Quetzalcoatl."[1] [Footnote 1: Sahagun, _Historia_, Lib. xxxiv.] As he was thus the god on whom depended the fertilization of the womb, sterile women made their vows to him, and invoked his aid to be relieved from the shame of barrenness.[1] [Footnote 1: Torquemada, _Monarquia Indiana_, Lib. xxiv.] In still another direction is this function of his godship shown. |