[cuan]do entraban en algún lugar donde había imágines de los ídolos, una o muchas, luego tocaban en la tierra con el dedo, y luego le llegaban a la boca o a la lengua. A esto llamaban "comer tierra". Hacíanlo en reverencia de sus dioses. Y todos los que salían de sus casas, aunque no saliesen del pueblo, volviendo a su casa hacían lo mismo, y por los caminos, cuando pasaban delante algún cu o oratorio hacían lo mismo. Y en lugar de juramento usaban esto mismo, que para afirmar que decían verdad hacían esta cerimonia, y los que se querían satisfacer del que hablaba si decía verdad, demandábanle que hiciese esta cerimonia, y luego le creían como juramento.
\nHacían otra cerimonia comúnmente, que llamaban tlatlazaliztli, que quiere decir "arrojamiento", y era que nadie comiese sin que primeramente arrojase al fuego un bocadillo de lo que había de comer.
\nTenían otra cerimonia también común, que nadie había de beber pulcre sin que primero derramase un poco a la orilla del hogar. Y cuando quiera que encetaban alguna tinaja de pulcre, primero echaban en un lebrillo cantidad dello, y ponían un lebrillo cerca del fuego, y dallí tomaban con un vaso, y derramaban al
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\nThey would perform another common ceremony that they called tlatlazaliztli, which means “the casting.” And this would consist of nobody eating before first tossing into the fire a morsel of what he or she was about to eat.
\nThey also had another common ceremony that consisted of nobody drinking pulque before first pouring a little of it on the edge of the hearth. And whenever they opened a new vat of pulque, they would first put a good portion of it in a clay bowl and place the clay bowl near the fire; and they would take [some pulque] out of the bowl with a cup
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"78f3bab8-d76c-49f0-aa3b-3b42017dbc79","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"diablo, anoço tlecujlixquac: \n\nyoan ic tlaneltililoia, ic neltia in tlatolli: yn jquac tlein amo cenca neltocoia tlatolli: ic teilhujloia \n\nintla nelli in tiqujtoa, tla xontlalqua: \nic njman tlalquaia in aqujn, ic qujneltiliaia itlatol. \n\n##### Tlatlaçaliztli. \n\nAuh inic muchioaia tlatlacaliztli, iquac in tlein qualoz yn aiamo qualo, aço tlaqualli, achtopa achiton tepitõ mocotonaia, tlecujlixquac onmotlaçaia: in ontlatlaçaloc njman ic peoa inic tlaqualoz: aiac achto tlaquaia vel achto tlatlatlaçaloia, in tlecujlixquac. \n\n##### Tlatoiaoaliztli. \n\nInic muchioaia tlatoiaoaliztli, iquac in tlauanaloia, aço vitziecoloia: iquac in aca iancujcan qujtlalia vctli, yn iquac oqujtlapiuj, iquac ic tenotzaia, qujoalmana apaztica tlecujlisquac, yoan tetlaoancaxtepiton. \n\nAuh yn iquac ie tetlaoantiz, coxopiloa tetlaoan[oantica]","html":"diablo, anoço tlecujlixquac:
\nyoan ic tlaneltililoia, ic neltia in tlatolli: yn jquac tlein amo cenca neltocoia tlatolli: ic teilhujloia
\nintla nelli in tiqujtoa, tla xontlalqua:\nic njman tlalquaia in aqujn, ic qujneltiliaia itlatol.
\nAuh inic muchioaia tlatlacaliztli, iquac in tlein qualoz yn aiamo qualo, aço tlaqualli, achtopa achiton tepitõ mocotonaia, tlecujlixquac onmotlaçaia: in ontlatlaçaloc njman ic peoa inic tlaqualoz: aiac achto tlaquaia vel achto tlatlatlaçaloia, in tlecujlixquac.
\nInic muchioaia tlatoiaoaliztli, iquac in tlauanaloia, aço vitziecoloia: iquac in aca iancujcan qujtlalia vctli, yn iquac oqujtlapiuj, iquac ic tenotzaia, qujoalmana apaztica tlecujlisquac, yoan tetlaoancaxtepiton.
\nAuh yn iquac ie tetlaoantiz, coxopiloa tetlaoan[oantica]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"db6eb8eb-671c-4681-9fe3-c1303692216d","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":"the devil, or else in front of the hearth. \n\nAnd thus was attested, thus was verified the statement. When not much faith was put in a statement, thus was it said to one: \n\n“If what thou sayest is true, eat earth.”\n\nWhosoever it was then ate earth; thus he attested to his words. \n\n##### The Casting of a Food Offering \n\nAnd thus was done the casting[^3] of a food offering: when anything was to be eaten, before it was eaten, perchance of the food first a very small morsel was cut off; it was cast[^4] before the hearth. When it had been cast, then they would begin to eat the food. No one ate first; indeed the food offering was cast first, in front of the hearth.\n \n##### The Pouring of a Libation \n\nThus was done the pouring of a libation, when there was pulque-drinking, perchance [when] the pulque feast was celebrated: when anyone newly made pulque, when he increased it,[^5] at this time he invited people to it; he served it in a tub, in front of the hearth, and with small drinking vessels. \n\nAnd when they were to have someone drink, they dipped up \n\n\n\n\n[^3]: *tlatlatlaçaliztli* in the *Real Palacio MS*. \n\n\n[^4]: *onquitlapiviyyoc* in the *Real Palacio MS*. \n\n\n[^5]: *oquitlapiviyyoc* in the *Real Palacio MS*.","html":"the devil, or else in front of the hearth.
\nAnd thus was attested, thus was verified the statement. When not much faith was put in a statement, thus was it said to one:
\n“If what thou sayest is true, eat earth.”
\nWhosoever it was then ate earth; thus he attested to his words.
\nAnd thus was done the casting1 of a food offering: when anything was to be eaten, before it was eaten, perchance of the food first a very small morsel was cut off; it was cast2 before the hearth. When it had been cast, then they would begin to eat the food. No one ate first; indeed the food offering was cast first, in front of the hearth.
\nThus was done the pouring of a libation, when there was pulque-drinking, perchance [when] the pulque feast was celebrated: when anyone newly made pulque, when he increased it,3 at this time he invited people to it; he served it in a tub, in front of the hearth, and with small drinking vessels.
\nAnd when they were to have someone drink, they dipped up
\n