6. Ho! she is our mother, goddess of the earth, she supplies food in the desert to the wild beasts, and causes them to live. 7. Thus, thus, you see her to be an ever-fresh model of liberality toward all flesh. 8. And as you see the goddess of the earth do to the wild beasts, so also does she toward the green herbs and the fishes. _Notes._ The goddess to whom this hymn is devoted was called _Teteoinan_, the Mother of the Gods, _Toci_, our Mother (maternal ancestor), and also by another name which signified "the Heart of the Earth," the latter being bestowed upon her, says Duran, because she was believed to be the cause of earthquakes. Her general functions were those of a genius of fertility, extending both to the vegetable and the animal world. Thus, she was the patroness of the native midwives and of women in childbirth (Sahagun). Her chief temple at Tepeyacac was one of the most renowned in ancient Mexico, and it was a felicitous idea of the early missionaries to have "Our Lady of Guadalupe" make her appearance on the immediate site of this ancient fane already celebrated as the place of worship of the older female deity. The _Codex Ramirez_ makes her a daughter of the first King of Culhuacan. 1. _Tamoanchan._ This word Sahagun translates "we seek our homes," while the _Codex Telleriano-Remensis_ gives the more intelligible rendering "there is their home whither they descend," and adds that it is synonymous with _Xochitlycacan_, "the place where the flowers are lifted." It was the mystical Paradise of the Aztecs, the Home of the Gods, and the happy realm of departed souls. The Codex just quoted adds that the gods were born there, which explains the introduction of the word into this hymn. 5. For _teucontli_ (see Glossary) I should suggest _teocomitl_, a species of ornament, (cf. Sahagun, _Historia_, Lib. II., cap. 37.) V. _Chimalpanecatl icuic ioan tlaltecaua (nanotl)._ 1. Ichimalipan chipuchica ueya, mixiuiloc yautlatoaya, ichimalipan chipuchica ueya, mixiuiloc yautlatoa. 2. Coatepec tequiua, tepetitla moxayaual teueuel aya quinelli moquichtiuiui tlalli cuecuechiuia aqui moxayaual teueuella. _Var._ Title. Tlaltecaoannanotl. 2. Cohoatepechquiua. _Gloss._ 1. _Q.n._, yautlatolli ipa omixiuh ynanotl chimalipan in omixiuh, _id est_, ipa oquitlacatilli ynanotl in uitzilopochtli y yauyutl. 2. _Q.n._, coatepec otepeuh tepetitla yc moxaual ioan y teueuel, _id est_, ichimal ic otepeuh aocac omoquichquetz iniquac peualoque coatepec a iniquac otlalli cuecuechiuh, _id est_, iquac opopoliuhque. _Hymn to Chimalipan in Parturition._ 1. Chimalipan was a virgin when she brought forth the adviser of battles; Chimalipan was a virgin when she brought forth the adviser of battles. 2. On the Coatepec was her labor; on the mountain he ripened into age; as he became a man truly the earth was shaken, even as he became a man. _Notes._