Saturday, 29 June 2013

Aztec Fall: Codex Borgia, p. 66


(Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922, Comentarios al Códice Borgia, 3 vols, trans. Mariana Frenk, México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1963 (1980 printing),  vol. 3, p. 66)

[Itzpapalotl: la diosa chichimeca, la tzitzimitl = "Itzpapalotl: the goddess of "]
[Tlillan: la casa de las tinieblas = "Tlillan: the house of darkness"]
[Tamoanchan: la casa del descenso, la casa del nacimiento = "Tamoanchan: the house of descent, the house of birth"]
[ixquimilli: el pecador = "ixquimilli: the sinner"]
[huetziliztli: la caida = "huetziliztli: the fall"]
[Note: Codex Borgia is generally believed to be a pre-conquest codex.]

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