carne cuando se cuece y se pega a la olla. Decían que el que comía aquel tamal pegado, si era hombre, nunca bien tiraría en la guerra las flechas, y su mujer nunca pariría bien. Y si era mujer, que nunca bien pariría, que se la pegaría el niño dentro.
\nOtra abusión tenían cuando cortaban el umbligo a las criaturas recién nacidas: si era varón, daban el umbligo a los soldados para que le llevasen al lugar donde se daban las batallas. Decían que por esto sería muy aficionado a la guerra el niño. Y si era mujer, enterrábanle el umbligo cerca del hogar, y decían que por esto sería aficionada a estar en casa y hacer las cosas que eran menester para comer.
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\nThey had another superstition: whenever they would cut newborn babies’ umbilical cords, if [the baby] was male, they would give the umbilical cord to soldiers so that they would take it to the place where battles occurred. They said that, by doing this, the child would become a very eager warrior. And if [the baby] was female, they would bury the umbilical cord near the hearth, saying that, by doing this, she would become very keen to stay at home and prepare the things that they needed to eat.
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"47c2b3df-1faf-49eb-8a33-f6d9410ce25e","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"amo vel qujquazque, in oqujchtin, ioan cioa: qujlmach intla qujquazque toqujchti, amo axcan in qujçaz mjtl, injc qujmjnazque iauc: auh anoçe ic mjqujz, yoan aiaxcan tlacachioaz in jnamic. \n\nAuh çan ie no yuhquj in jtechpa cioatl: intla qujquaz ixqujuhquj tamalli, amo vellacachioaz: çan itech ixqujviz in jconeuh, ic mjqujz in ijti: ipampa cenca qujtecaoaltiaia in tenanoan, injc amo moquaz, in jxqujuhquj tamalli. \n\n\n#### Injc chicunavi capitulo, ytechpa tlatoa in toxic. \n\nIn jquac qujnxictequja pipiltotonti: no oncatca innetlapololtiliz. Intla oqujchtli ixic, veca in contocaia: vmpan iauc, tetech conpiloaia, qujtqujia in tiacaoan: auh intla iavc matinj teta, iehoatl concaoaia: vmpa contocaia in iaunepantla, qujlmach: iavc matinj yez intla veijaz. \n\nAuh intla cioapiltontli ixic: çan netlecujltenco in contocaia, qujlmach ipampa: yn çan cali ynentla, in çan ie ixqujch qujmocujtlavia atl, tlaqualli, metlatitlan nenemj: ipampa yn, çan calitic contocaia in jxic.","html":"amo vel qujquazque, in oqujchtin, ioan cioa: qujlmach intla qujquazque toqujchti, amo axcan in qujçaz mjtl, injc qujmjnazque iauc: auh anoçe ic mjqujz, yoan aiaxcan tlacachioaz in jnamic.
\nAuh çan ie no yuhquj in jtechpa cioatl: intla qujquaz ixqujuhquj tamalli, amo vellacachioaz: çan itech ixqujviz in jconeuh, ic mjqujz in ijti: ipampa cenca qujtecaoaltiaia in tenanoan, injc amo moquaz, in jxqujuhquj tamalli.
\nIn jquac qujnxictequja pipiltotonti: no oncatca innetlapololtiliz. Intla oqujchtli ixic, veca in contocaia: vmpan iauc, tetech conpiloaia, qujtqujia in tiacaoan: auh intla iavc matinj teta, iehoatl concaoaia: vmpa contocaia in iaunepantla, qujlmach: iavc matinj yez intla veijaz.
\nAuh intla cioapiltontli ixic: çan netlecujltenco in contocaia, qujlmach ipampa: yn çan cali ynentla, in çan ie ixqujch qujmocujtlavia atl, tlaqualli, metlatitlan nenemj: ipampa yn, çan calitic contocaia in jxic.
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"3fcafac4-8ee4-427f-8472-7aaa871b200d","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":"that the men and women would not eat them. It was stated that if the men were to eat them, when they would shoot arrows in warfare, the arrow which was shot would not find its mark. Or perchance therefore they might die, or one’s wife would with difficulty bear children.\n\nAnd just so was it as to a woman. If she were to eat tamales which had stuck [to the cooking pot], she could not bear children. Her child would only adhere to and thus die in her womb. Therefore the mothers sternly forbade them to eat tamales which had stuck [to the cooking pot].\n\n\n#### Ninth Chapter, which telleth of the umbilical cord.[^7]\n\nThe time of cutting the umbilical cord of small children was also [one of] their delusions. If it were the umbilical cord of a boy, they buried it far away. The brave warriors hung it on themselves and bore it with them into battle.[^8] And if the father were skilled in war, he left it; he buried it there, in the midst of the battle ground. It was said that [the child] would be skilled in war, if he grew.\n\nAnd if it were the umbilical cord of a girl, they only buried it at the edge of the hearth. It was said that this was because her abode was only the house; only and alone she took charge of drink and food, dwelling by the grinding stone. For this reason only in the house did they bury her umbilical cord.\n\n\n\n\n[^7]: Literally, “our navel.” Eduard Seler, in *Einige Kapitel aus dem Geschichtswerk des Fray Bernardino de Sahagun aus dem Aztekischen übersetzt* (Caecilie Seler-Sachs, Walter Lehmann, and Walter Krickeberg, eds.; Stuttgart: Strecker und Schröder, 1927), pp. 314 ff., translates a comparable passage found in the *Academia de la Historia MS*.\n\n\n[^8]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”al lugar, donde u dauan las batallas.”*","html":"that the men and women would not eat them. It was stated that if the men were to eat them, when they would shoot arrows in warfare, the arrow which was shot would not find its mark. Or perchance therefore they might die, or one’s wife would with difficulty bear children.
\nAnd just so was it as to a woman. If she were to eat tamales which had stuck [to the cooking pot], she could not bear children. Her child would only adhere to and thus die in her womb. Therefore the mothers sternly forbade them to eat tamales which had stuck [to the cooking pot].
\nThe time of cutting the umbilical cord of small children was also [one of] their delusions. If it were the umbilical cord of a boy, they buried it far away. The brave warriors hung it on themselves and bore it with them into battle.2 And if the father were skilled in war, he left it; he buried it there, in the midst of the battle ground. It was said that [the child] would be skilled in war, if he grew.
\nAnd if it were the umbilical cord of a girl, they only buried it at the edge of the hearth. It was said that this was because her abode was only the house; only and alone she took charge of drink and food, dwelling by the grinding stone. For this reason only in the house did they bury her umbilical cord.
\nLiterally, “our navel.” Eduard Seler, in Einige Kapitel aus dem Geschichtswerk des Fray Bernardino de Sahagun aus dem Aztekischen übersetzt (Caecilie Seler-Sachs, Walter Lehmann, and Walter Krickeberg, eds.; Stuttgart: Strecker und Schröder, 1927), pp. 314 ff., translates a comparable passage found in the Academia de la Historia MS.↩
Corresponding Spanish text: ”al lugar, donde u dauan las batallas.”↩