atavíos del principio del año. Veinte días antes de llegar a esta fiesta, mudábanle las vestiduras con que hasta allí había hecho penitencia, y lavábale la tintura que hasta allí solía traer este mancebo. Y casábanle con cuatro doncellas, con las cuales tenía conversación aquellos veinte días que restaban en su vida. Y cortábanle los cabellos a la manera que los usaban los capitanes. Atábanle los cabellos como una borla sobre la corona de la cabeza. Con una franxa curiosa atábanle aquella atadura de los cabellos dos borlas con sus botones, hechas de pluma y oro y tochómitl, muy curiosas, que ellos llamaban aztaxelli. Las cuatro doncellas que le daban por sus mujeres también eran criadas en mucho regalo. Para quel efecto, poníanlas los nombres de cuatro diosas: a la una llamaban Xochiquétzal; a la otra, Xilonen; y a la tercera, Atlatonan; y a la cuarta, Huixtocíhuatl.
\nCinco días antes de llegar a la fiesta donde habían de sacrificar a este mancebo, honrábanle como a dios. El señor se quedaba solo en su casa, y todos los de la corte le seguían, y se hacían solemnes banquetes y areitos con muy ricos atavíos. El primero día le hacían fiesta en el barrio que llaman Tecanman; el segundo, en el barrio donde se guardaba la estatua de Tezcatlipuca; el tercero, en el montecillo que se llama Tepetzinco, que está en la laguna; el
\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":"e6ce21e9-658b-4730-8cd3-e53091a839d8","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":"the garments worn at the beginning of the year.[^91] Twenty days before this festival [of Toxcatl] began, they would change the garments that he had been wearing up to that point throughout his period of penance and wash away the body paint that this young man had been wearing up to that point. Then they would marry him to four maidens, with whom he would have intercourse during those remaining twenty days of his life. And they would cut his hair in the style used by the captains. They would tie his hair up, like a bun on the crown of his head. They would use an elaborate fringe to tie up that knot of hair, which had two tassels with buttons, made of feather, gold, _tochomitl_—very elaborate—which they called _aztaxelli_. The four maidens whom they gave him to be his wives would also be nurtured in the utmost luxury. For that purpose, they would give them the names of four goddesses: they called one Xochiquetzal; the other, Xilonen; the third, Atlatonan; and the fourth, Huixtocihuatl.\n\nFive days before the beginning of the festival in which they were to sacrifice this young man, they would honor him as a god. The lord would remain at home all alone, while all the members of the court would follow [the god impersonator]; and they would hold solemn banquets and _areitos_ while wearing very elegant attire. On the first day, they would celebrate a feast for him in the barrio that they call Tecanman; on the second [day], in the barrio where the statue of Tezcatlipoca was kept; on the third [day], on the little hill called Tepetzinco, which is in the lagoon; \n\n\n[^91]: That is, worn by the young man at the beginning of his year as ritual impersonator of the deity (_teixiptlah_).","html":"the garments worn at the beginning of the year.1 Twenty days before this festival [of Toxcatl] began, they would change the garments that he had been wearing up to that point throughout his period of penance and wash away the body paint that this young man had been wearing up to that point. Then they would marry him to four maidens, with whom he would have intercourse during those remaining twenty days of his life. And they would cut his hair in the style used by the captains. They would tie his hair up, like a bun on the crown of his head. They would use an elaborate fringe to tie up that knot of hair, which had two tassels with buttons, made of feather, gold, tochomitl—very elaborate—which they called aztaxelli. The four maidens whom they gave him to be his wives would also be nurtured in the utmost luxury. For that purpose, they would give them the names of four goddesses: they called one Xochiquetzal; the other, Xilonen; the third, Atlatonan; and the fourth, Huixtocihuatl.
\nFive days before the beginning of the festival in which they were to sacrifice this young man, they would honor him as a god. The lord would remain at home all alone, while all the members of the court would follow [the god impersonator]; and they would hold solemn banquets and areitos while wearing very elegant attire. On the first day, they would celebrate a feast for him in the barrio that they call Tecanman; on the second [day], in the barrio where the statue of Tezcatlipoca was kept; on the third [day], on the little hill called Tepetzinco, which is in the lagoon;
\nThat is, worn by the young man at the beginning of his year as ritual impersonator of the deity (teixiptlah).↩
[iaute]qujoa, ontlalpia, ontlacuja: ynic ontlalpia, itoca tochiacatl, xittomonjlpitica: yoan yaztaxel, quetzalmjiaoaio, itzotzocol itech qujlpia:
\nçan cempoalilhujtl in oncioacuchtinemi, yn oncioaoatinemj: naujntin in cioa q͗nujcatinenca, no cexiuhtica in pialoia calpixcan:
\ny ce itoca xochiquetzal, ynjc vme xilone, ynjc ey Atlatona, ynjc nauj, vixtocioatl.
\nAuh in ie itentla Toxcatl, oc macujltica, tlamacujlti, oqujuh macujlilhujtl qujçaz yn ilhujtl Toxcatl, in peoa cujcujca:
\nyn iquac y, yn izquilhujtl y, aocmo onmachiztia yn motecuçoma, oc ie ycenujc catca, tetlaqualtia tetlauhtia,
\nynic cemilhujtl cujcujca, itocaiocan tecanma: ynjc omjhujtl, vncan in pialoia, in teixiptla in titlacaoan, yn ichã aqujn calpixquj, yn oqujpiaia: ynic eilhujtl tepetzinco, vmpa in anepantla, ynic nappa tepepulco, çan no itlan in tepetzinco.
\nYn oncujcujcac njman ie ic onmacalaquja, itlan ietihuj in cioa, qujiollalitiuj, quellaquauhtiuj: vmpa vnqujça, vmpa onatenqujça, vmpa qujmonacana in acalli, ytocaiocan acaqujlpan, anoçe caoaltepec:
\nipampa ca vncan ontecaoaloia,
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"555282f6-0111-478b-a042-4ecd7ef0b07c","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":"a seasoned warrior. They bound it; they wound it round and round. They bound it with [brown cotton thread] called *tochyacatl*; it was tied with a slipknot. And his forked heron feather ornament with a quetzal feather spray they bound to his warrior’s hairdressing.[^10] \n\nIt was for only twenty days that he lived lying with the women, that he lived married to them. The four women in whose company he lived had also lived for a year guarded in the steward’s establishment. \n\nThe name of the first one was Xochiquetzal; the second was Xilonen; the third was Atlatonan; the fourth was Uixtociuatl.\n\nAnd when it was already the eve of [the feast of] Toxcatl, still five [days] from it, on the fifth day [from it], five days before the feast of Toxcatl would pass, they began each to sing [and dance].\n\nAt this time, in all these days, one knew nothing more of Moctezuma. They who yet had been his companions provided people with food, provided people with favors.[^11] \n\nOn the first day they sang [and danced] at a place called Tecanman. On the second day it was in the place where was guarded the image of Titlacauan, in the home of him who was the steward who guarded it. On the third day it was at Tepetzinco, in the middle of the lagoon. The fourth time it was at Tepepulco, which is also quite near Tepetzinco. \n\nWhen they had sung [and danced], thereupon he embarked in a boat. The women went, going with him. They went consoling him; they went encouraging him. The boat proceeded to a place called Acaquilpan or Caualtepec; there it proceeded to the shore; there it landed them. \n\nFor here they were left, \n\n\n\n\n[^10]: *tzotzocolli:* this warrior’s hairdress protrudes over the forehead. \n\n\nSeler, in *Gesammelte Abhandlungen*, Vol. 1, p. 208, states: “*Bei der andern Frisur wurde das Haar über der Stirn hoch in die Hobë gezaust und vom Scheitel ab lang herabfallen gelassen und dort am Nacken mit einem Riemen umwickelt, in den bei festlichen Gelegenheiten ein Federschmuck eingesteckt wurde*.” In Vol. II, p. 521, Seler adds that this hairstyle is adopted by the young warrior after his first military exploit. \n\n[^11]: Corresponding Spanish text: “*el señor se quedaua solo en su casa, y todos los de la corte, les seguian, y se hazian solemnes banquetes, y areytos, con muy ricos ataujos.*”","html":"a seasoned warrior. They bound it; they wound it round and round. They bound it with [brown cotton thread] called tochyacatl; it was tied with a slipknot. And his forked heron feather ornament with a quetzal feather spray they bound to his warrior’s hairdressing.1
\nIt was for only twenty days that he lived lying with the women, that he lived married to them. The four women in whose company he lived had also lived for a year guarded in the steward’s establishment.
\nThe name of the first one was Xochiquetzal; the second was Xilonen; the third was Atlatonan; the fourth was Uixtociuatl.
\nAnd when it was already the eve of [the feast of] Toxcatl, still five [days] from it, on the fifth day [from it], five days before the feast of Toxcatl would pass, they began each to sing [and dance].
\nAt this time, in all these days, one knew nothing more of Moctezuma. They who yet had been his companions provided people with food, provided people with favors.2
\nOn the first day they sang [and danced] at a place called Tecanman. On the second day it was in the place where was guarded the image of Titlacauan, in the home of him who was the steward who guarded it. On the third day it was at Tepetzinco, in the middle of the lagoon. The fourth time it was at Tepepulco, which is also quite near Tepetzinco.
\nWhen they had sung [and danced], thereupon he embarked in a boat. The women went, going with him. They went consoling him; they went encouraging him. The boat proceeded to a place called Acaquilpan or Caualtepec; there it proceeded to the shore; there it landed them.
\nFor here they were left,
\nSeler, in Gesammelte Abhandlungen, Vol. 1, p. 208, states: “Bei der andern Frisur wurde das Haar über der Stirn hoch in die Hobë gezaust und vom Scheitel ab lang herabfallen gelassen und dort am Nacken mit einem Riemen umwickelt, in den bei festlichen Gelegenheiten ein Federschmuck eingesteckt wurde.” In Vol. II, p. 521, Seler adds that this hairstyle is adopted by the young warrior after his first military exploit.
\n