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...participated. Prescott thus describes the image of the god in whose honour these sacrifices were offered : " His countenance was distorted into hideous lineaments...import. In his right hand he wielded a bow, and in the left a bunch of golden arrows, which a mystic legend connected with the victories of the people....

...participated. Prescott thus describes the image of the god in whose honour these sacrifices were offered : " His countenance was distorted into hideous lineaments...import. In , his right hand he wielded a bow, and in the left a bunch of golden arrows, which a mystic legend connected with the victories of the people....

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