Rig Veda Americanus - Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl by Various
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2. Xayameua ximiçotica aca tonan titech icnocauazqui tiyauian mochan
tlallocan nouiya. _Var._ 1. Xaia mehoa. _Gloss._ 1. _Q.n._, yn ti chicomolotl, _id est_, in ti centli ximeua, xiça, xixoa, ca otimouicaya in mochan tlallocan. 2. _Q.n._, xayameua, _id est_, ximeua, xixua, xiça, ca otimouicaya in mochantzinco in tlallocan ca yuhquin ti tonatzon. _Hymn to Chicomecoatl._ 1. O noble Chicomolotl, arise, awake, leave us not unprotected on the way, conduct us to the home of Tlaloc. 2. Arise, awake, leave us not unprotected on the way, conduct us to the home of Tlaloc. _Notes._ The goddess Chicomecoatl, "seven guests," was the deity who presided over food and drink. Hence in the first verse she is referred to as Chicomolotl, "seven ears of corn," and is spoken of as a guide to Tlalocan, or the home of abundance. |
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