Hay una culebra en esta tierra que se llama tetzauhcóatl. Ni es gruesa ni larga. Tiene el pecho colorado, y el pescuezo así como brasa. Pocas veces parece. Y el que la ve cobra tal miedo, que muere dél o queda muy enfermo. Y por eso la llaman tetzauhcóatl, porque mata con espanto.
\nHay otra culebra que se llama tlapapalcóatl. No es grande, sino mediana. Llámase tlapapalcóatl porque es pintada de casi todas las colores.
\nHay otro monstro de culebras que se llama coapétlatl o petlacóatl. Dizque se juntan muchas culebras y se entretexen como petate, y andan de acá y de
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"732b594a-c38c-4d23-b032-bb2941b1a8ec","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"In this land, there is a snake that is called _tetzauhcoatl_. It is neither thick nor long. It has a red belly, and its neck looks just like an ember. It seldom appears. And the one who sees it becomes so frightened that he or she dies or becomes very sick because of it. And this is why they call it _tetzauhcoatl_, because it kills with fear.\n\nThere is another snake that is called _tlapapalcoatl_. It is not big but medium sized. It is called _tlapapalcoatl_ because it is spotted with almost every color.\n\nThere is another monstruous snake that is called _coapetlatl_ or _petlacoatl_. Supposedly, many snakes gather together and intertwine with each other like a _petate_;[^47] and they move here and \n\n\n[^47]: _petate_: straw mat; Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word _petlatl_.","html":"In this land, there is a snake that is called tetzauhcoatl. It is neither thick nor long. It has a red belly, and its neck looks just like an ember. It seldom appears. And the one who sees it becomes so frightened that he or she dies or becomes very sick because of it. And this is why they call it tetzauhcoatl, because it kills with fear.
\nThere is another snake that is called tlapapalcoatl. It is not big but medium sized. It is called tlapapalcoatl because it is spotted with almost every color.
\nThere is another monstruous snake that is called coapetlatl or petlacoatl. Supposedly, many snakes gather together and intertwine with each other like a petate;1 and they move here and
\npetate: straw mat; Hispanicized form of the Nahuatl word petlatl.↩
amo cenca vei, amo cenca tomaoac, amo no cenca viac: auh in jelpan, yoan in jquechtlan, cenca tlatlauhquj; iuhqujn tlexochtli.\nAuh ic mjtoa: ic motocaiotia tetzauhcooatl, cenca çã canjn neci: auh cenca çan no aca in qujtta. In aqujn qujtta: cenca momauhtia, ic mauhcamjquj; anoce cenca cocoia: ic contocaiotique tetzauhcooatl.
\namo cenca vei, çan qualton. Auh injc mjtoa tlapapalcooatl: vel ixqujch itech ca in tlapalli, ic movavavan. qujmoquequechili: ach iuhqujn mjtoa, mjiaoacooatl, çan tlaçonemi.
\nInin amo çan ce: mocētlalia, monechicoa in cocooa: vel iuhqujn mopetlachioa, ipan ca cooaicpalli, anoço
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"f91538c9-a6e6-4025-a7b5-26d1cffadb9d","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"##### Tetzauhcoatl[^1]\n\nIt is not very large, not very thick nor very long.[^2] And on its belly and neck it is very ruddy, like a live coal.\n\nAnd it is named, it is called *tetzauhcoatl* because in few places is it seen, and also few people see it. He who sees it is much terrified; because of it he dies of fright, or he becomes very sick. For that reason they give it the name *tetzauhcoatl*.\n\n##### Tlapapalcoatl[^3]\n\nIt is not very large, only of average size. And it is named *tlapapalcoatl* because on it are indeed all colors; it is striped with them; they run from one end to the other. It is somewhat like [the one] called *miauacoatl*. It is rare.\n\n##### Coapetlatl or petlacoatl[^4]\n\nThis is not a single one; serpents are assembled, gathered, much as if they were made into a reed mat, on which is a serpent seat—or \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: *Tetzauhcoatl: Diadophis regalis* (*loc. cit*.).\n\n\n[^2]: *Acad. Hist. MS* adds: *auh tliltic in icuitlapan*—and black on its back.\n\n\n[^3]: *Tlapapalcoatl:* Martín del Campo suggests various *Lampropeltis* sp. (*op. cit.,* p. 386).\n\n\n[^4]: Possibly *un acoplamiento colectivo* (*loc. cit*.).","html":"It is not very large, not very thick nor very long.2 And on its belly and neck it is very ruddy, like a live coal.
\nAnd it is named, it is called tetzauhcoatl because in few places is it seen, and also few people see it. He who sees it is much terrified; because of it he dies of fright, or he becomes very sick. For that reason they give it the name tetzauhcoatl.
\nIt is not very large, only of average size. And it is named tlapapalcoatl because on it are indeed all colors; it is striped with them; they run from one end to the other. It is somewhat like [the one] called miauacoatl. It is rare.
\nThis is not a single one; serpents are assembled, gathered, much as if they were made into a reed mat, on which is a serpent seat—or
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