14/131 M.Girard de Rialle, on the other hand, claims him as a solar deity. "Il est la personnification du soleil sous son aspect corrupteur et destructeur, ennemi des hommes et de la nature." _La Mythologie Comparee_, p. A closer study of the original authorities would, I am sure, have led M.de Rialle to change this opinion. He is singularly far from the conclusion reached by M.Ternaux-Compans, who says: "Tezcatlipoca fut la personnification du bon principe." _Essai sur la Theogonie Mexicaine_, p. |