arriba, matábanla luego y sacábanle el corazón. Luego la cortaban la cabeza y dábanla al que llevaba los ornamentos de aquella diosa, con que iba vestido, el cual iba delante de todos. Y tomábanla por los cabellos con la mano derecha, y llevábanla colgando, y iba bailando con los demás, y levantaba y abaxaba la cabeza de la muerta a propósito del baile, y guiaba a todos los demás dioses o personajes de los dioses.
\nAsí bailando, andaban alrededor por lo alto del cu. Habiendo dado algunas vueltas tornábanse a descendir por su orden, como en procesión, y llegando abaxo luego todos se esparcían y si iban a sus casas, que eran los calpules donde se guardaban aquellos ornamentos.
\nCuando bailaba aquel que iba aderezado con los atavíos de la diosa Ilamatecuhtli, hacía continencias, volviendo hacia atrás, como haciendo represa, y alzaba los pies hacia trás. Llevaba en la mano por bordón una caña maciza sobre que istribaba. Esta caña tenía
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\nThey would go dancing like that all around the top of the cu. After going around it several times, they would go down [the steps] again in proper order, as if in a procession; and as soon as they reached the bottom, they would all scatter and return to their own houses, which were [actually] the calpules where those ornaments were kept.
\nWhen the man who was dressed in the garments of the goddess Ilamateuctli was dancing, he would perform graceful moves: taking some steps backward, as if gaining momentum, and then kicking up his heels behind him.1 For a staff, he would carry in his hand a solid cane on which he supported himself. This cane [still] had
\n“He would perform . . . behind him”: “Hacía continencias, volviendo hacia atrás, como haciendo represa, y alzaba los pies hacia trás.”↩
[diablo]me cempantitivi, teiacãtiuh in oc ceppa ixiptla, in vel qujmoteutia tlalticpac, çan tlacatl in qujchichioaia.
\nAuh in oconaxitique, njmã ic coneltequj: auh in õmomjqujli, njmã ic qujoalquechcotona: auh in jtzontecõ, qujoalmaca in teiacantiuh, itlan conana imaiauhcampa in qujtzitzqujtiuh, mjtotitiuh ic ontlaiiauhtiuh in tzõtecomatl, imjxpan icatiuh, qujniacantiuh in jxqujchtin imjxiptlaoan, in impatillooan Diablome, qujoaliaoaloa in teucalli, njman ic oaltemo, çã no ivi, motecpantivitze, cenpantitivitze: auh in otemoco tlalchi, njmã ie ic vivi, momoiaoa, vmpa vivi in inchachan, in incacalpulco, in vmpa pipielo.
\nauh in teixiptla, in jxjptla Ilama tecutli: injc mjtotiaia tzitzintlacça, itzintlampa in conjaoa icxi: yoan ic motlatlaquechitiuh itopil, v̄tlatl:
\nin jiacac, in jquac, excan in maxaltic, iuhqujn mjnacachalli: motocaiotia, yiotlavitzil, auh in juh mjtotiaia y, mjtoa, motzi[neoa]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"ee09d44f-6634-4d0a-bf87-a0c6a86e6eab","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":"devils went laying hold of her, went accompanying her; they went in file. Yet another impersonator of [Ilama tecutli] went leading them, one whom verily they thought a god[dess] on earth; it was only a man whom they [so] adorned. \n\nAnd when they had taken her [to the summit], then they cut open her breast. And when she died, then they severed her head. And her head they gave to him who went leading. He took it with him; in his right hand he went grasping it; he went dancing; with the severed head he went making dance gestures. He went before them; he went leading all the impersonators, the representatives of the devils. They circled the temple; then they descended in the same way [as they had ascended]. They came ranged in a row; they came in line. And when they had come to descend to the ground, thereupon they each went, they dispersed; they went, each, to their homes, to their several *calpulcos*, where [the gods’ raiment] was guarded. \n\nAnd the impersonator, the likeness of Ilama tecutli, thus danced: he kept stepping back; he raised his legs up behind him; and he kept supporting himself upon his staff, a cane.\n\nAt its end, at its head, it was divided into three [points], like a three-pronged harpoon. It was called his thorny staff. And when he thus danced, it was said:","html":"devils went laying hold of her, went accompanying her; they went in file. Yet another impersonator of [Ilama tecutli] went leading them, one whom verily they thought a god[dess] on earth; it was only a man whom they [so] adorned.
\nAnd when they had taken her [to the summit], then they cut open her breast. And when she died, then they severed her head. And her head they gave to him who went leading. He took it with him; in his right hand he went grasping it; he went dancing; with the severed head he went making dance gestures. He went before them; he went leading all the impersonators, the representatives of the devils. They circled the temple; then they descended in the same way [as they had ascended]. They came ranged in a row; they came in line. And when they had come to descend to the ground, thereupon they each went, they dispersed; they went, each, to their homes, to their several calpulcos, where [the gods’ raiment] was guarded.
\nAnd the impersonator, the likeness of Ilama tecutli, thus danced: he kept stepping back; he raised his legs up behind him; and he kept supporting himself upon his staff, a cane.
\nAt its end, at its head, it was divided into three [points], like a three-pronged harpoon. It was called his thorny staff. And when he thus danced, it was said:
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