His image was borne at the head of the gang when they made their raids, and the preferred season was when his sign was in the ascendant.[1] This is a singular parallelism to the Aryan Hermes myth, as I have previously observed (Chap.

I).
[Footnote 1: Ibid.Lib.IV, cap.

XXXI.] The representation of Quetzalcoatl in the Aztec manuscripts, his images and the forms of his temples and altars, referred to his double functions as Lord of the Light and the Winds.
He was not represented with pleasing features.

On the contrary, Sahagun tells us that his face, that is, that of his image, was "very ugly, with a large head and a full beard."[1] The beard, in this and similar instances, was to represent the rays of the sun.

His hair at times was also shown rising straight from his forehead, for the same reason.[2] [Footnote 1: "La cara que tenia era muy fea y la cabeza larga y barbuda." _Historia_, Lib.