Source: WTL© photo 2009 taken in the Cuauhnáhuac Museum in the Palacio de Cortés.
Image: A carved sitting figure from the inside of the Xochiquetzal temple in the Xochicalco pyramid site south of Cuernavaca.
Comment: Here we see stylized flowers on the bottom, hatched borders on the side columns, and at the top seven circles above which are five human figures adorned with feathers. You already know what the Náhuatl word quetzal means, don't you? Here it is combined with xochitl, which means "flower."
Humanities Question: What, therefore, is the metaphorical meaning of the Xochiquetzal temple?