XXV. XXV. Tico toco tocoto ic ontlantiuh ticoto ticoto. Tico, toco, tocoto, and then it ends, ticoto, ticoto. 1. Toztliyan quechol nipa tlantinemia in tlallaicpac oquihuinti ye noyol ahua y ya i. 1. The sweet voiced quechol there, ruling the earth, has intoxicated my soul. 2. Ni quetzaltototl niyecoya ye iquiapan ycelteotl yxochiticpac nihueloncuica oo […]
XXVI. XXVI. Toto tiquiti tiquiti ic ontlantiuh tocotico tocoti toto titiqui toto titiquiti. Toto tiquiti tiquiti, then it ends tocotico, tocoti toto titiqui toto titiquiti. 1. Oya moquetz huel oon ma on netotilo teteuctin aya ma onnetlanehuihuilo chalchihuitl on quetzali patlahuac, ayac ichan tlalticpac, ayio zan nomac onmania ooo y xochiuh aya ipalnemoa ma onnetlanehuilo […]
XXVII. XXVII. Toco toco tiqui tiqui ic ontlantiuh toco tico tocoti. Toco, toco, tiqui, tiqui, and then it ends toco, tico, tocoli. 1. Ma ya pehualo ya nicuihua in ma ya on acico ye nicaan aya oya yĕcoc yehuan Dios in cayio in ma ya ca ya onahuilihuan tepilhuan a ayamo acico ya yehuan Dios […]
VOCABULARY. The Roman numerals refer to the songs, the Arabic to the verses, in which the word occurs. Abbreviations: lit., literally; ref., reflexive; pret., preterit; rev., reverential; freq.,
INDEX OF NAHUATL PROPER NAMES, WITH EXPLANATIONS. ACALLAN, 105. “The place of boats,” from acalli, boat. An ancient province at the mouth of the Usumacinta river; but the name was probably applied to other localities also.
LESLIE SCRIVENER, june 16, 2009. Archeologists digging in the dirt and black ooze under Mexico City’s most important public square have been tantalized for decades by the possibility of a great treasure and likely burial place of one of the last Aztec rulers. “They keep finding astonishing things as they inch their way along,” says […]
INAH, April 27, 2009. The Ehecatl pyramid, the smallest archaeological zone in Mexico, is located in the Pino Suarez Metro station in the Mexico City Historical Center, making it one of the most visited in the country, although the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) does not consider it a proper archaeological zone, due […]
British Museum, London, April 07, 2009. British Museum claims leader of lost civilisation died at hands of Spanish explorers, not his own followers. Contrary to popular belief, the Aztec emperor Moctezuma was murdered by his Spanish captors and not by his own people, the British Museum will argue in a new exhibition that will try […]
CHAPTER I: The Civilisation of Mexico The Civilisations of the New World THERE is now no question as to the indigenous origin of the civilisations of Mexico, Central America, and Peru. Upon few subjects, how. ever, has so much mistaken erudition been lavished. The beginnings of the races who inhabited these regions, and the cultures […]
CHAPTER II: Mexican Mythology Nahua Religion THE religion of the ancient Mexicans was a polytheism or worship of a pantheon of deities, the general aspect of which presented similarities to the systems of Greece and Egypt. Original influences, however, were strong, and they are especially discernible in the institutions of ritualistic cannibalism and human sacrifice. […]
