▁ne c rom anc ers , ▁who ▁transformed ▁themselves ▁into ▁the ▁shapes ▁of ▁various ▁animals ▁ ▁- Code x ▁R ios ▁The ▁Kings borough ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁Code x ▁T eller iano - Rem ensis ▁also ▁util izes ▁male ▁pron oun s , ▁referring ▁to ▁Ch ant ico ▁as ▁" the ▁lord ▁of ▁ch ile " ▁or ▁" the ▁yellow ▁woman ." ▁However , ▁in ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁Ch ant ico ▁in ▁Sah ag ún ' s ▁manuscript s , ▁Ch ant ico ▁is ▁dep icted ▁with ▁an ▁upper - body ▁gar ment ▁and ▁white ▁sk irt ▁typically ▁worn ▁by ▁women . ▁ ▁M ention ▁in ▁Dur an ' s ▁writ ings ▁ ▁Diego ▁Dur án ▁makes ▁no ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁de ity ▁Ch ant ico ▁by ▁name , ▁but ▁does ▁reference ▁a ▁female ▁de ity ▁C iu ac ou at l ▁which ▁he ▁associ ates ▁with ▁X och im il co . ▁ ▁Edu ard ▁S eler , ▁a ▁German ▁anth rop ologist ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁extensive ▁study ▁of ▁Mes o amer ican ▁cult ures , ▁notes ▁in ▁his ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁Code x ▁V at ican us ▁B ▁that ▁he ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁Dur an ▁confused ▁the ▁Az te c ▁de ity ▁C iu ac ou at l ▁with ▁Ch ant ico ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁proxim ity ▁of ▁the ▁cities ▁with ▁which ▁they ▁are ▁respectively ▁associated ▁with . ▁However , ▁H . B . ▁Nich ol son , ▁scholar ▁of ▁Az te c ▁civil ization , ▁regards ▁such