36: el chino de la charada

Codex Borgia, pp. 9 to 13

2. butterfly

16. butterfly-goddess

4. mouth

17. hand-mouthed god

5. nun [attired in habit:

dressed fit to kill and

uttering gobble-de-gook]

18. turkey-gobbler

7. snail

19. conch

20. grain being crushed

8. skull and crossbones

[cf. death-god remaining hidden

in grain, in West African belief]

9. elephant (pachyderm)

20. goddess (tattooed-faced

on. p. 62)

12. whore

1. couple in sexual coi:tion,

under blanket

14. tiger

3. leopard

15. hound

4. coyote

17. moon

6. moon-goddess

18. small fish

11. fish being caught

20 domestic cat

12. blindfolded cougar (?)

21. snake

15. feathered snake

divination systems

29. mouse

mouse-divination of the Guro

35. spider

spider-divination of the Tikar

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