"The Chichimecs," says Sahagun (_Hist._, Lib. VI., cap. 7), "worshipped only one god, called _Mixcoatl_." The _Anales de Cuauhtitlan_ speaks of Mixcoatl as one of the leaders of the ancient Nahuas from their primitive home Chicomoztoc, the land of the Seven Caves. This is what is referred to in the above hymn. In later times Mixcoatl became god of hunting and of the tornado, and his worship extended to the Otomis. _Tzihuactitlan_, "the land of the tzihuac bushes," I have not found mentioned by any of the Spanish authorities, but it is named in connection with Chicomoztoc in an ancient war-song given in my _Ancient Nahuatl Poetry_, pp. 88 and 140. The hymn appears to be in memory of the leadership of Mixcoatl in conducting the ancestors of the Nahua on their long wanderings after leaving their pristine seats. It should be read in connection with the earlier pages of the _Annals of Cuauhtitlan_. The reduplicated form of the name, _Mimixcoatl_, is not found elsewhere, and appears to be a poetic license. VIII. _Xochipilli icuic._ 1. Ye cuicaya tocniuaya ouaya yeo, ye cuicaya ye quetzalcoxcuxa yoaltica tlao cinteutla, oay. 2. Can quicaquiz nocuic ocoyoalle teumechaue, oquicaquiz nocuica in cipactonalla atilili, ouayya. 3. Ayao, ayao, ayao, ayao, nitlanauati ay tlalocan tlamacazque, ayao, ayao, ayao. 4. Ayao, ayao, ayao, tlalocan tlamacazque nitlanauati, aya, ayao, ayyao. 5. Ao cani uallacic, otli nepaniuia, cani cinteutla campa ye noyaz, campa otli nicyatoca ca oay. 6. Ayao, aya, ayao, tlalocan tlamacazque, quiauiteteu, ayyao, aya, ayao. _Gloss._ 1. _Q.n._, ca otonac, ca otlatuic ca ye cuico ca ye cuica centeotl in quetzalcocox. 2. _Q.n._, macaco in tocuic ynican maquicaquican yn nican tlaca. 3. _Q.n._, in tlaloque tlamacazque niquinnauatia ye niauh in nochan. 4. _Q.n._, yn tlaloque tlamacazque niquinnauatia ye niauh in nochan. 5. _Q.n._, ca onitlanauati ni tlaloca catli ye nictocaz utli. 6. _Q.n._, yn antlaloque yn antlamacazque catli nictocaz yn anteteuh. _Hymn to Xochipilli._ 1. O friends, the quetzal bird sings, it sings its song at midnight to Cinteotl. 2. The god will surely hear my song by night, he will hear my song as the day begins to break. 3. I send forth the priests to the house of Tlaloc. 4. The priests to the house of Tlaloc do I send forth. 5. I shall go forth, I shall join myself unto them, I shall go where is Cinteotl, I shall follow the path to him. 6. The priests go forth to the house of Tlaloc, to the home of the gods of the plain. _Notes._ _Xochipilli_, "lord of flowers," otherwise named _Macuilxochitl_, "five flowers" (the name of a small odorous plant), was the deity who gave and protected all flowering plants. As one of the gods of fertility and production, he was associated with Tlaloc, god of rains, and Cinteotl, god of maize. His festival is described in Sahagun (_Historia_, Lib. I., cap. 14).