[grave]dad y no cobarde ni pusilánime. Y si nacía hembra en aquel día, siendo hija de noble o de hombre de baxa suerte, lo mesmo merecía ser bien afortunada, varonil y animosa, y no daría pesadumbre a sus padres. Y más, decían que cualquiera que nacía en este signo ce mázatl era temeroso y de poco ánimo y pusilánime. Cuando oía tronidos y relámpagos o rayos, no los pudía sufrir sin gran miedo y se espantaba. Y alguna vez le acontecía que moría del rayo, aunque no lluviese ni fuese noblado, o cuando se bañaba ahogábase, y le quitaban los ojos y uñas algunos animales del agua, porque decían que nació en tal signo ce mázatl, porque es su natural del ciervo ser temeroso.
\nY el que nacía en este signo era temeroso demasiadamente, y los padres, como sabían el signo donde había nacido, no tenían cuidado, por tener averiguado que había de parar en mal. Y en este dicho signo decían que las diosas que se llamaban cihuateteu descendían a la tierra, y les hacían fiesta y las daban ofrendas, y vestían con papeles a sus estatuas.
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\nAnd one born under this sign was exceedingly fearful. And his or her parents, knowing already [the nature of] the sign under which this one had been born, would not take care of him or her, having realized that this one would end up poorly. And they said that under this sign the goddesses called Cihuateteoh would descend to earth, so they would celebrate a festival for them, give them offerings, and dress their statues with paper garments.
\nThis refers particularly to the animal called ahuitzotl, a river otter with ominous characteristics. See bk. 11, chap. 4, where the ahuitzotl is described in detail.↩
iuhquj ypan muchioaia, oallacnopilhuiaia, oalqujçaia, oalnemja, oqujchtia, tiacauhtia, tecâcaoaia, teihicaoaia: amo mopatzaoallanj, âcan tlatzimpiloa, âcan tetzacuja, âcan teiccauhti, xocoioti, amo patzactzintli, noviian mochamauhtiuh, tlachamauhtiuh, tachcauh icatiuh, tlaiacatitiuh, panj îcatiuh, conqujxtilitiuh yn jnemjliz, âcan pinaviztlamati, atle qujmamati, aiac qujmamati, atle quitzicololtia, amo pipinonemj, âcan tzinqujzcatlaiecoa, atle qujcioatlamachtia.
\nAuh intla çioapilli: anoço çã maceoalli ipan tlacatia, no iuh mâceoale catca, teoqujchtlamachti: iuhqujn oqujchpovi, teacotlaz, atle ic tenentlamachti, amo tenmachonj, amo tecuetlaxo.
\nAuh no ioan mjtoa: in aqujn ipan tlacati ce maçatl: qujlmach cēca momauhtiaia, çan jmaviz in qujmattinenca, çan imauhcac in nemja, çan mamauhcanenca, vel iolmjquja, in jquac qujcaquja
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"b8f68346-6f2f-4384-9f26-3032cb89fbe1","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":"likewise befell him. He attained his ends; he succeeded. He lived. He became a brave warrior, a valiant chieftain. He surpassed others; he left them overcome. He did not wish to lose stature. Nowhere did he hang on at the end. Nowhere was he inferior, the younger brother, the child, the blighted one. Proceeding everywhere mature, [like] something well-developed; going first and foremost, at the head, he brought his life to successful fruition. Nowhere did he deal in shameful things; he was ashamed of nothing and ashamed of no one. Nothing deterred him; he did not live in humiliation; nowhere did he turn tail in battle. In nothing did they consider him a woman.\n\nAnd if it were a noblewoman, or only a common [woman], who was then born, so likewise it was her lot. She was considered as a man, esteemed as if a man; a comforter. Hence she caused others no apprehension, was not negligent, and did not dishearten others.\n\nAnd also it was said that one who was born upon this [day sign], One Deer—it was told that he was exceedingly timorous; he lived thinking only of his fears; he walked with his terrors, and only lived afraid, indeed frightened to death. When he witnessed","html":"likewise befell him. He attained his ends; he succeeded. He lived. He became a brave warrior, a valiant chieftain. He surpassed others; he left them overcome. He did not wish to lose stature. Nowhere did he hang on at the end. Nowhere was he inferior, the younger brother, the child, the blighted one. Proceeding everywhere mature, [like] something well-developed; going first and foremost, at the head, he brought his life to successful fruition. Nowhere did he deal in shameful things; he was ashamed of nothing and ashamed of no one. Nothing deterred him; he did not live in humiliation; nowhere did he turn tail in battle. In nothing did they consider him a woman.
\nAnd if it were a noblewoman, or only a common [woman], who was then born, so likewise it was her lot. She was considered as a man, esteemed as if a man; a comforter. Hence she caused others no apprehension, was not negligent, and did not dishearten others.
\nAnd also it was said that one who was born upon this [day sign], One Deer—it was told that he was exceedingly timorous; he lived thinking only of his fears; he walked with his terrors, and only lived afraid, indeed frightened to death. When he witnessed
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