Al doceno mes llamaban teutleco, que quiere decir "la llegada de los dioses". Celebraban esta fiesta a honra de todos los dioses, porque decían que habían ido a algunas partes. Hacían gran fiesta el postrero día deste mes, porque sus dioses habían llegado.
\nA los quince días deste mes los mozos y muchachos enramaban todos los altares y oratorios de los dioses, así los que estaban dentro de las casas como por los caminos y encrucijadas, y por esta diligencia que hacían dábanlos maíz. Algunos daban un chiquíhuitl lleno de maíz, y a otros dos o tres mazorcas.
\nA los deciocho días llegaba el dios que siempre es mancebo, que le llamaban Tlamatzíncatl. Éste es Titiacahuan. Decían que por ser mancebo y recio caminaba mejor y llegaba primero. Luego ofrecían comida en su cu, y aquella noche comían y bebían y regocijábanse todos, especialmente los viejos y viejos [sic], que bebían vino por la llegada del dios, y decían que le lavaban los pies con este regocijo.
\nEl postrero día deste mes era la gran fiesta, porque dicen que todos los dioses llegaban entonce. La vigilia deste día, a la noche, hacían encima de un petate de harina de maíz un montoncillo muy tupido de la forma de un queso. En este montoncillo imprimían los dioses la pisada de un pie, en señal que habían llegado.\nToda la noche el principal sátrapa velaba y iba y venía muchas veces a mirar cuándo vería la pisada. En viniendo [sic] el sátrapa la señal de la pisada, luego daba voces, diciendo: "Llegado ha nuestro señor." Luego comenzaban los ministros del cu a tañer cornetas y caracoles, y trompetas y otros instrumentos de los que ellos entonce usaban. Luego que se oían los instrumentos, acudía toda la gente a ofrecer comida en todos los cúes y oratorios. Otra vez se regocijaban lavando los pies de sus dioses, como arriba está dicho.
\nEl día siguiente decían que llegaban los dioses viejos, a la postre de todos, porque andaban menos por ser viejos. Este día tenían muchos cativos para quemar vivos. Y hecho gran montón de brasa, andaban bailando\nalrededor del fuego ciertos mancebos, disfrazados como monstros, y así bailando iban arrojando en el fuego estos tristes captivos, de la manera que arriba está dicho. Otras muchas cerimonias se hacían, según se dirá adelante, en esta fiesta.
\n|Cuenta deste calendario | Cuenta del calendario romano
\n|----|----|\n|1 A |A 10
\n|2 b |b 11
\n|3 c |c 12
\n|4 d |d 13
\n|5 e |e 14
\n|6 f |f 15
\n|7 g |g 16
\n|8 A |A 17
\n|9 b |b 18
\n|10 c |c 19
\n|11 d |d 20
\n|12 e |e 21
\n|13 f |f 22
\n|14 g |g 23
\n|15 A |A 24
\n|16 b |b 25
\n|17 c |c 26\n|18 d |d 27\n|19 e |e 28\n|20 f |f 29 Dedicatio Sancti Michael.
They called the twelfth month Teotlehco, which means “the arrival of the gods.” They would celebrate this festival in honor of all the gods, because they said that [the gods] had gone to several different places. They would celebrate a great festival on the last day of this month, because their gods had arrived.
\nOn the fifteenth day of this month, the young men and boys would cover with branches all the altars and shrines of the gods, both those that were inside the houses and those that were along the roads and at the crossroads; and [the people] would give them maize for this service. They would give a chiquihuitl1 full of maize to some of them and two or three corncobs to some of the others. On the eighteenth day, the god who is always a young man would arrive, whom they called Tlamatzincatl, that is, Titlacahuan. They said that he would be the first to arrive because he was young and strong and most fit for walking. Then they would offer food in his cu, and that evening everyone would eat and drink and make merry, especially the older men and women, who would drink wine [to celebrate] the arrival of the god; and they said that they would wash his feet with this merrymaking. The great festival would take place on the last day of this month, because they say that all the gods would arrive at that time. On the eve of this day, at night, they would make a small, tightly packed mound of cornmeal, in the shape of a cheese, on a petate. The gods would leave the shape of a footprint on this little mound, as a sign that they had arrived. The head satrap would keep vigil all night long, coming and going many times to see when he would find the footprint. Once the satrap arrived and saw that the mark of the footprint was there, he would immediately cry out, saying, “Our lord has arrived!” Then the ministers of the cu would begin to play their horns, conch shells, trumpets, and the other instruments that they used at the time. Then, when the instruments were heard, all the people would come to offer food at all the cúes and shrines. They would make merry again by washing the feet of their gods, as is mentioned above. They said that the older gods would arrive the next day, after all the others, because they could not walk as fast since they were older. On this day, they would have many captives [ready] to be burned alive; and after piling up a great mound of embers, some young men would go dancing around the fire disguised as monsters. And while they were dancing in this way, they would throw these miserable captives into the fire, in the manner mentioned above. Many other ceremonies would be performed during this festival, as will be described below.2
\n|Cuenta deste calendario | Cuenta del calendario romano
\n|----|----|\n|1 A |A 10
\n|2 b |b 11
\n|3 c |c 12
\n|4 d |d 13
\n|5 e |e 14
\n|6 f |f 15
\n|7 g |g 16
\n|8 A |A 17
\n|9 b |b 18
\n|10 c |c 19
\n|11 d |d 20
\n|12 e |e 21
\n|13 f |f 22
\n|14 g |g 23
\n|15 A |A 24
\n|16 b |b 25
\n|17 c |c 26\n|18 d |d 27\n|19 e |e 28\n|20 f |f 29 Dedicatio Sancti Michael.
The twelfth month they named Teotl eco, which meaneth "The Arrival of the Gods." They celebrated this feast in honor of all the gods; for they said that they had gone to a number of places. They observed a great feast on the last day of this month because their gods had arrived.
\nOn the fifteenth day of this month the young men and boys strewed boughs on all the altars and shrines of the gods, both those which were in the houses and those which were along the roads and crossroads. And for this activity which they performed they gave them maize; [to some they] gave a large basket full of maize, and to others two or three ears.
\nOn the eighteenth day arrived the god (who is always a young man whom they called Tlamatzincatl; that is, Titlacauan). They said that, because he was young and strong, he traveled better and arrived first. They then set forth food on his pyramid, and that night they ate and drank, and all made merry, especially the old men and the old women, who drank wine because of the arrival of the god. And they said that with this rejoicing they washed his feet for him.
\nOn the last day of this month was the great feast; for they said that all the gods then arrived. On the eve of this day, at night, they made, on a mat, a very closely packed small cake of cornmeal, in the shape of a cheese. Upon this small cake the gods impressed the print of a foot as a sign that they had come. All night long the principal priest watched, and came and went many times to see when he would descry the print.
\nSeeing the mark of a footprint, the priest then cried out, saying "Our lord hath come!" Then the priests of the pyramid began to sound horns, and conch shells, and trumpets, and other instruments of those which they then used. As soon as the instruments were heard, all the people hastened to offer food at all the pyramids and shrines. Again there was merry making, washing the feet of their gods, as is told above.
\nOn the next day they said that the old gods arrived, after all [the rest]––because they moved more slowly, being old. On this day they had many captives to burn alive; and, a great mound of coals having been piled up, certain young men went dancing about the edge of the fire, disguised as monsters. And, thus dancing, they proceeded casting into the fire these miserable captives in the manner which is told above. Many other ceremonies were performed, as will be related below in this feast.
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