Its supposed location was in the east, whence in that country blow the winds that bring mild rains, says Sahagun, and that missionary was himself asked, as coming from the east, whether his home was in Tlapallan; more definitely by some it was situated among the lofty peaks on the frontiers of Guatemala, and all the great rivers that water the earth were supposed to have their sources there.[88-2] But here, as elsewhere, its site was not determined.

"There is a Tulan," says an ancient authority, "where the sun rises, and there is another in the land of shades, and another where the sun reposes, and thence came we; and still another where the sun reposes, and there dwells God."[89-1] The myth of the Quiches but changes the name of this pleasant land.

With them it was _Pan-paxil-pa-cayala_, where the waters divide in falling, or between the waters parcelled out and mucky.

This was "an excellent land, full of pleasant things, where was store of white corn and yellow corn, where one could not count the fruits, nor estimate the quantity of honey and food." Over it ruled the lord of the air, and from it the four sacred animals carried the corn to make the flesh of men.[90-1] Once again, in the legends of the Mixtecas, we hear the old story repeated of the garden where the first two brothers dwelt.

It lay between a meadow and that lofty peak which supports the heavens and the palaces of the gods.