Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Religion
Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Nahuatl poetry
4. Ayac nomiuh timalla aytolloca nacatl nomiuh aca xeliui timalla.
5. Tetoma amo yolcana tlamacazquinte tometl, acan axcan ye
quetzaltototl, nic ya izcaltiquetla.
6. Y yopuchi noteuh atlauaquetl, aca naxcan ye quetzaltototl, nic ya
izcaltiquetla.
1. Necaualcactla. 2. Itlamani. 4. Aitollaca acatl. Timalli. 5. Tetonac
amo yolcana tlamacaz quin tetometl.
_Gloss._
1. _Q.n._, ynichalmecatl, yn inecaualac oqixicauhteuac y nioholti, y
nioya, ixquatechimal iquatunal.
2. _Q.n._, ma xiyauh ti quilazteutl, momactemi in macxoyauh.
3. _Q.n._, iniquac onimitznotz, mochimalticpac timicoya.
4. _Q.n._, atle nomiuh yc notimaloa, ca uel itoloc in acatl nomiuh, yn
acatl xeliui yc ninotimaloa.
5. _Q.n._, oncan euac in tetuman nitlacochtetumetl. Auh inaxcan ye
quetzaltotol inic ni tlazcaltia.
6. _Q.n._, tiacauh in oteuh in atlaua, auh inaxcan yuhqui quetzaltotol
in nitlazcaltia.
_The Hymn of Atlaua._
1. I Chalmecatl, I Chalmecatl, I leave behind my sandles, I leave my
sandles and my helmet.
2. Go ye forth and follow the goddess Quilaztli, follow her
3. I shall call upon thee to arise when among the shields, I shall
call upon thee to arise.
4. I boast of my arrows, even my reed arrows, I boast of my arrows,
not to be broken.
5. Arrayed in priestly garb, take the arrow in thy hand, for even now
I shall arise and come forth like the quetzal bird.
6. Mighty is my god Atlaua; truly I shall arise and come forth like
the quetzal bird.
_Notes._
_Atlaua_, mentioned by Olmos, who translates the word "Master of
waters," is a divinity of whom little is known. The derivation from
_atlatl_, arrow, would seem more appropriate to the words of this hymn.
_Chalmecatl_, used as a synonym in v. 1, appears to be from _chalania_,
to beat, to strike, as a drum.
On _Quilaztli_ see notes to Hymn XIII.
XIX. _Macuilxochitl Icuic._
1. Ayya, yao, xochitlycaca umpan iuitza tlamacazecatla tlamocoyoalca.
2. Ayya, yao, ayo intinotzicaya teumechaue oya, yao, tlauizcalac
yacallea tlamacazecatlo tlamocoyoualca.
3. Tetzauhteutla notecuyo tezcatlipuca quinanquilican cinteutla, oay.
4. Tezcatzonco moyolca ayyaquetl yya tochin quiyocuxquia noteuh,
niquiyatlacaz, niquiyamamaliz, mixcoatepetl colhoacan.
5. Tozquixaya, nictzotzoniyao, yn tezcatzintli tezcatzintli
tezcaxocoyeua, tzoniztapaliati tlaoc xoconoctlia ho, a.
1. Tlamocoioaleua. 5. Tozquiuaia. Tzoniztapalatiati.
_Gloss._
1. _Q.n._, ompa nochan in xochitlicacan in itlamacazqui ni
macuilxochitl.
2. _Q.n._, motilinia in tinoci in ompa titlaecoltilozque umpa tochan
ez.
3. _Q.n._, yn tetzauitl in tezcatlipoca ca oyaque auh ynic tiui umpa
titlananquilizque in centeotl.
4. Tezcatzonco moyolcan, _q.n._, tezcatzonco oyol in tochtli ynic yaz,
oquiyocux, oquipic, y noteuh oquito nittlacaz, nicmamaliz, in
mixcoatepetl colhoacan, _id est_, nictepeuaz.
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