El que era perfecto en todas las costumbres y exercicios y dotrinas que usaban los ministros de los ídolos, elegíanle por sumo pontífice, al cual elegía el rey o señor y todos los principales. Y llamábanle Quetzalcóatl. Y eran dos los que eran sumos sacerdotes: el uno se llamaba Tótec tlamacazqui, y el otro se llamaba Tláloc tlamacazqui. Y el que se llamaba Quetzalcóatl Tótec tlamacazqui servía al dios Huitzilopuchtli. Y el otro que se llamaba Tláloc tlamacazqui servía al dios Tlalocantecuhtli, que era dios de las lluvias.
\nY estos dos sumos pontífices eran iguales en el estado y honra, aunque fuesen de muy baxa suerte y de padres muy baxos y pobres. Mas la razón porque elegían a estos tales por sumos pontífices era porque fielmente cumplían y hacían todas las costumbres y exercicios y doctrinas que usaban los ministros de los ídolos en el
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\nAnd these two high pontiffs had equal standing and honor, even if they happened to be of very low birth and had had very lowly and poor parents. But the reason why they would select both of these men as supreme pontiffs was that they would faithfully fulfill and follow all of the customs and exercises and teachings that the ministers of the idols observed in the
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\nin quetzalcoatl totec tlamacazqui itech povia in Vitzilobuchtli, in tlaloc itech povia in tlalocan tecutli, yn qujiavitl, ynique, y, çan vel neneuhque,
\nauh in manel motolinja, in manel icnotlacatl, in manel quicentzacuj icnotlacatzintli, ynãtzin, ytatzin, intla ie vel quichioa, in jnnemiliz, yn jnnaoatil, tlamacazque iehoatl ano, iehoatl quetzalcoatl tocaiotilo, aço totec tla[macazquj,]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"19d2d11c-8079-4b5f-8b0e-3f893827868a","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":"#### priests, the Quetzalcoatl [priests], were established, were chosen. The first [was named] Totec Tlamacazqui, the second Tlaloc Tlamacazqui.[^1] Always they set up those who were especially wise, prudent.\n\nAnd one who had distinguished his way of life and otherwise [had followed] the precepts, the way of life of the priests, this one was taken, this one was chosen. He became a keeper of the god.[^2] The ruler and the great judges [^3] and all the [other] rulers elected him. They gave him the name of Quetzalcoatl. There were two Quetzalcoatl [priests]: one was named Totec Tlamacazqui, one was named Tlaloc [Tlamacazqui].\n\nThe Quetzalcoatl [priest called] Totec Tlamacazqui was dedicated to Uitzilopochtli; the Tlaloc was dedicated to the lord of Tlalocan, the [god of] rain. These were exactly equal [in station].\n\nAnd though he were poor, though he were in need, though his father, his mother were the poorest of the poor, if he well carried out the way of life, the precepts of the priests, this one was taken, this one was given the name of Quetzalcoatl. He was named either Totec \n\n\n\n\n[^1]: “The name Quetzalcoatl was given to both priests, commemorating the god whom the Mexicans looked upon as the prototype priest” (Caso, *The Aztecs*, p. 82). Intermediate offices between these high priests and the lower hierarchy are given briefly in *ibid*., pp. 30 *sq*.; see also Torquemada, *Segunda parte*, pp. 178 *sq*. The responsibilities of various functionaries are also suggested in the Appendix of Book II of Sahagún, for which see Anderson and Dibble, *Book II*, pp. 193 *sqq*. Torquemada, *Segunda parte*, pp. 221 *sq*., mentions only one Quetzalcoatl priest: “*Tenian un Rector en su Convento, que se llamaba del nombre de su Dios, Quetzalcoatl, el qual velaba mucho sobre su guarda, y doctrina, reformando lo relajado, y conservando las virtudes, y loables costumbres*.”\n\n\n[^2]: The roots of *teopixqui* are *teotl* (god) and *pia* (guard). Cf. Siméon, *Dictionnaire*, p. 438. The dictionaries define the term as priest.\n\n\n[^3]: *tecutlatoque*: Sahagún describes them as “*los mayores jueces … estos examinaban con gran diligencia las causas que iban a sus manos*”; on the death of the rulers, they were among the electors of a new one (Sahagún, Roberdo ed., Vol. II, pp. 318, 321).","html":"And one who had distinguished his way of life and otherwise [had followed] the precepts, the way of life of the priests, this one was taken, this one was chosen. He became a keeper of the god.2 The ruler and the great judges 3 and all the [other] rulers elected him. They gave him the name of Quetzalcoatl. There were two Quetzalcoatl [priests]: one was named Totec Tlamacazqui, one was named Tlaloc [Tlamacazqui].
\nThe Quetzalcoatl [priest called] Totec Tlamacazqui was dedicated to Uitzilopochtli; the Tlaloc was dedicated to the lord of Tlalocan, the [god of] rain. These were exactly equal [in station].
\nAnd though he were poor, though he were in need, though his father, his mother were the poorest of the poor, if he well carried out the way of life, the precepts of the priests, this one was taken, this one was given the name of Quetzalcoatl. He was named either Totec
\n“The name Quetzalcoatl was given to both priests, commemorating the god whom the Mexicans looked upon as the prototype priest” (Caso, The Aztecs, p. 82). Intermediate offices between these high priests and the lower hierarchy are given briefly in ibid., pp. 30 sq.; see also Torquemada, Segunda parte, pp. 178 sq. The responsibilities of various functionaries are also suggested in the Appendix of Book II of Sahagún, for which see Anderson and Dibble, Book II, pp. 193 sqq. Torquemada, Segunda parte, pp. 221 sq., mentions only one Quetzalcoatl priest: “Tenian un Rector en su Convento, que se llamaba del nombre de su Dios, Quetzalcoatl, el qual velaba mucho sobre su guarda, y doctrina, reformando lo relajado, y conservando las virtudes, y loables costumbres.”↩
The roots of teopixqui are teotl (god) and pia (guard). Cf. Siméon, Dictionnaire, p. 438. The dictionaries define the term as priest.↩
tecutlatoque: Sahagún describes them as “los mayores jueces … estos examinaban con gran diligencia las causas que iban a sus manos”; on the death of the rulers, they were among the electors of a new one (Sahagún, Roberdo ed., Vol. II, pp. 318, 321).↩