éste tenía cinco hermanos y una hermana, y a todos los tenían por dioses. Y como se inclinaba su devoción, sacrificaban esclavos a cada uno dellos en su fiesta, o a todos juntos, o a la hermana. El uno de los hermanos se llamaba Chiconquiáhuitl; el otro, Xomócuil; el otro, Nácxitl; el otro, Cochímetl; el otro, Yacapitzáhuac; la hermana se llamaba Chalmecacíhuatl. A éstos o algunos dellos ofrecían un esclavo, o más, sacrificándolos en su presencia, vestidos con los ornamentos de aquel dios, como si fuera su imagen.
\nHabía una feria ordinaria donde se vendían y compraban esclavos, hombres y mujeres, en un pueblo que se llama Azcaputzalco, que es dos leguas de México. Allí los iban a recoger entre muchos, y los que compraban miraban muy bien que el esclavo o esclava no tuviese alguna enfermedad o fealdad en el cuerpo. A estos esclavos, hombres y mujeres, después que los compraban, criábanlos en mucho regalo y vestíanlos muy bien. Dábanlos a comer y beber abundantemente, y bañábanlos con agua caliente, de manera que los engordaban porque los habían de comer y ofrecer a su dios. También los regocijaban, haciéndolos cantar y danzar, a las veces sobre la azotea de sus casas, o en la plaza. Cantaban todos los cantares que sabían, hasta que se hartaban de cantar, y no estimaban en nada la muerte que les estaba aparejada. Mataban estos esclavos en la fiesta que se llama panquetzaliztli, y todo el tiempo antes de llegar a aquella fiesta los regalaban como está dicho. Y si entre estos esclavos había algún hombre que parecía de buen juicio y que era diligente para servir y sabía bien cantar, o alguna mujer que era dispuesta y sabía bien hacer de comer y de beber y labrar y texer, a estos tales los principales los compraban para servirse dellos en sus casas, y los escapaban del sacrificio.
\nLa imagen deste dios se pintaba como un indio que iba camino, con su báculo, y la cara tenía manchada de blanco y negro. En los cabellos llevaba atadas dos borlas de plumas ricas, que
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\nThere was an ordinary festival in which slaves, male and female, were bought and sold in a town called Azcapotzalco, two leagues away from Mexico. They would go there to select them [slaves] from among many. And those who went buying would take great care to see that the male or female slave should not have any disease or bodily blemish. After buying these slaves, male or female, they raised them very generously, dressing them very well. They gave them abundant food and drink, and bathed them with hot water, so that they would fatten them up because they were to eat them and offer them to their god. They would also amuse them by making them sing and dance, sometimes on the roof of their houses or at the plaza. They would sing all the songs that they knew until they tired of singing, and they had no fear whatsoever of the death that awaited them. They would kill these slaves during the festival called Panquetzaliztli, and for the entire time before the beginning of this festival, they regaled them, as we have said. And if there was any man among these slaves who seemed to have good judgment, was diligent in serving, and knew how to sing well, or some woman who was well disposed and knew how to cook well and prepare drinks and embroider and weave, the nobles would buy such people in order to enjoy their services at home, thus saving them from being sacrificed.
\nThe image of this god was depicted as an Indian1 who was going on his way with his walking staff. His face was spotted black and white. He wore two tassels made of rich feathers tied in his hair,
\n“Indian”: Here Sahagún uses the word indio.↩
[qujn]mictizque, yn ipan panquetzaliztli: yn vncan ilhujqujxtililoia vitzilubuchtli:
\nyquac qujnchichioaia, qujntlamamaca, intech qujtlalia yn juhquj ynechichioal yiacatecutli.\nAuh yn aiamo qujnmjctia, achtopa qujnteittitiaia: mjtoa qujmjxnextia, ic qujtemachitia in tealtizque:
\niquac tetlauhtia, tetlaqualtia.\nAuh yn j̄tlaaltilhoan, ieccan, qujnquetza: much tlaçotilmatli, yn jntech qujntlalilia: ipã mjtotiaia in tlapanco, anoço tianquizco: cujcatinemj, tlatlahtlamj yn jncujc, ynjc momiquizquequeloa.
\nAuh intla aca oittoc, in cenca mjmati tlaaltilli, yn cujcamatinj, in iolizmatquj, yn jxe, yn iollo: qujqujxtiaia in pipilti, ipan tlacaquetzaia:
\nno iuhquj, intla cioatl, intla tlamachiuhquj, anoço vellaqualchioa, vel achioa, in qualli yiauh, in qualli intlaqual ymac quiça; vellatolmelaoac: no qujxtiloia, qujnmotlacacioaoatiaia in
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\nThereupon they arrayed them; they gave them, they placed upon them array like that of Yiacatecutli.
\nAnd before they slew them, they first exhibited them before the people. It was said that they showed them; thus they made public that they would ceremonially bathe slaves.
\nAt this time they gave gifts and had a feast.
\nAnd their bathed ones they set up in a good place, all in costly mantles, which they placed upon them. In these they danced upon the rooftops or went singing in the market place. They ended their song mocking death.
\nAnd if any were noted who were very subtle, among the bathed ones—one skilled in songs, one who was ingenious, who was intelligent and able—the noblemen set him aside and put another in his place.
\nLikewise, if a woman could embroider, or if she prepared food well, or made good cacao—from her hand good food, good drink came—[or if she were] a clear speaker, she also was set aside.
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