Tenían otra abusión, y aún todavía lo hay: los mercaderes y los que venden mantas procuraban de tener una mano de mona. Decían que teniéndola consigo cuando vendían luego se les vendía su mercadería. Y aún agora se hace esto. Y también, cuando no se vende su mercadería, a la noche, volviendo a su casa, ponen entre las mantas dos vainas de chile. Dixen que les dan a comer chile para que luego otro día se venda.
\nOtra abusión: el que jugaba a la pelota ponía el métlatl y el comal boca abaxo, en el suelo, y el majadero colgaba en un rincón. Y con esto decían que no podría ser ganado, sino que había de ganar. También cuando armaban1 ratones en casa, ponían el majadero fuera de la casa. Decían que si estuviese dentro de la casa no caerían los ratones, porque el majadero los avisaría para que no cayesen.
\nOtra abusión tenían: decían que los ratones saben cuando alguno está amancebado en alguna casa, y luego van allí y royen y agujeran los chiquihuites y esteras, y los vasos. Y esto es señal que hay algún amancebado en alguna casa, y llamaban a esto tlazulli. Y cuando a la mujer casada los ratones agujeraban las naoas, entendía su marido que le hacía adulterio. Y si los ratones agujeraban la manta del hombre, entendía la mujer que le hacía adulterio.
\nDebe decir "andaban".↩
They had another superstition, and this one is still going around: the merchants and those who sell cloth would take care to have in their possession a female monkey’s hand. They said that when they kept one with them while they were conducting business, their merchandise would promptly sell out. And this is still practiced today. And also, whenever they are unable to sell their merchandise, when they go home at night, they put two chili pods between cloths. They say that they feed them [the cloths] chilis so that they may sell them promptly another day.
\nAnother superstition: a ball player would place the metlatl and the comal face down on the floor, and hang the pestle in a corner. And they said that, by doing this, nobody could defeat him, and he would surely win [the game]. [They] also [said that] whenever mice were running around1 the house, they would place the pestle outside the house. They said that, if it stayed inside the house, the mice could not be caught, because the pestle would warn them not to be caught.
\nThey had another superstition: they said that mice know when someone in the household is having an affair, and so they go there to gnaw and make holes in the chiquihuites,2 straw mats, and [gourd] bowls. And this is a sign that there is an adulterous person in the house; and they called this tlazolli. And whenever mice would gnaw holes in a married woman’s skirts,3 her husband would understand that she was committing adultery on him. And if the mice made holes in the man’s cape, the woman would understand that it was he who was committing adultery on her.
\nIn oçomatli imacpal: in puchteca cenca qujtemoaia, qujmopialtiaia: in jquac in campa tiamjquja, in tlanamacaia: vncan qujtecaia, qujlmach ic iciuhca aquj, iciuhca muchi coalo in tlein qujnamaca: qujl iehoatl iuh qujchioa in oçomatli yma: ynjc motlapololtia.
\nNo iehoantin in tilmanamacaque: in jquac acan aquj in qujnamaca, in aiac qujcoa: in aço tilmatli, in anoço cueitl, anoço vipilli, qujlmach: qujchilquaqualtia, injc aquj. Auh injc qujchioaia: in jquac oalvia inchan, qujtoaia: acan oac in totiamjc: ma xoconchilquaqualtican: njman ic ijtic contema, aço vme, anoço Ey in chilli: qujlmach ic aquja, injc iuh qujchioaia in, ic qujtoa: qujchilquaqualtia.
\nIn jquac aqujn patoaia, in jchan, in jtexolouh, ioan in jcomal, ioan in jmetl: ixtlapach qujmanaia: auh in texolotl cana xomolco qujpiloaia; qujlmach: ic amo qujtlanizque in chane, çan ie tlatlanjz.
\nYoan in iehoatl texolotl: in jquac qujmaci, in qujnmôvia qujqujmjchtin: in texolotl qujiaoac qujoallaça, qujlmach: intla çan cali iez: amo vel macizque in qujqujmjchti, qujlmach çan qujmonjoatica.
\nQujtoaia in ie vecauh, qujlmach in qujqujmjchti vel qujmati, in aqujn momemecatia: in aço telpuchtli, anoço cioatl. Injc neci in qujmjchin qujcoionja in chiqujvitl, anoço tecomatl, anoço xicalli qujtenquaquaia. No iuhque intla namjque toqujchtin, anoço cioatl: yn jnpetl, anoço yn jtilma toqujchtin qujcoionjaia: çã no iuhqujn cioatl, yn jcue, anoço yn jvipil qujcoionja: yoan noujan tlacocoionja in qujmjchin, qujl ic qujnezcaiotia: ca oqujtlaxin yn jnamjc.
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"ab8e3913-fc91-4eb5-bad7-840d8db79d6d","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":"The merchants sought and cherished greatly a monkey’s hand when they trafficked and sold goods anywhere. There they spread it out. It was said that thereby goods quickly were disposed of and soon all which they sold was bought. It was stated: “That which bringeth this about is the monkey’s hand”—so foolish were they.\n\nAlso of the sellers of mantles—when nowhere was disposed of that which they sold, when no one bought either mantles, or shifts or skirts—it was said: “They make them eat chilis that the goods may be disposed of.” And thus did they do it. When they returned to their homes, they said: “Our goods are nowhere disposed of. Give them chilis to eat.” Then in their midst they placed perhaps two or three chilis. It was averred that thereby the goods were disposed of. When they so did this, they said that they had made [their mantles] eat chilis.\n\n#### Twenty-first Chapter, which telleth of the pestle and the griddle.\n\nWhen one who played *patolli*[^23] placed his pestle, and his griddle, and his grinding stone upside down in his home, and hung his pestle somewhere in a corner, it was said that thereby the householder would not lose, but only win.\n\nAnd [concerning] this pestle: when they caught, trapped mice,[^24] they cast the pestle out the doorway. It was thought that if it were in the house, they could not be caught; it was said that it would warn them.[^25]\n\n#### Twenty-second Chapter, which telleth of mice.\n\nThey said, in times past, that it was thought that mice knew well him who had a paramour, whether a young man or a woman. In order for it to be evident, the mouse made a hole in a large basket, or gnawed the edges of gourd dishes or bowls. Likewise, if men, or a woman, were married, he made holes in their mats, or the men’s mantles. In the same way, he gnawed through a woman’s shift or skirt. And everywhere the mouse made holes. It was said that thereby he made known that one’s spouse had committed adultery.\n\n\n\n\n[^23]: The corresponding Spanish text refers to *pelota*, which is an error.\n\n\n[^24]: *Ibid*.:* “quando armauan ratones en casa.”*\n\n\n[^25]: *Ibid*.:* “no caerian los ratones*:* porque el maiadero, los aujsaria*:* para que no cayessen.”*","html":"The merchants sought and cherished greatly a monkey’s hand when they trafficked and sold goods anywhere. There they spread it out. It was said that thereby goods quickly were disposed of and soon all which they sold was bought. It was stated: “That which bringeth this about is the monkey’s hand”—so foolish were they.
\nAlso of the sellers of mantles—when nowhere was disposed of that which they sold, when no one bought either mantles, or shifts or skirts—it was said: “They make them eat chilis that the goods may be disposed of.” And thus did they do it. When they returned to their homes, they said: “Our goods are nowhere disposed of. Give them chilis to eat.” Then in their midst they placed perhaps two or three chilis. It was averred that thereby the goods were disposed of. When they so did this, they said that they had made [their mantles] eat chilis.
\nWhen one who played patolli1 placed his pestle, and his griddle, and his grinding stone upside down in his home, and hung his pestle somewhere in a corner, it was said that thereby the householder would not lose, but only win.
\nAnd [concerning] this pestle: when they caught, trapped mice,2 they cast the pestle out the doorway. It was thought that if it were in the house, they could not be caught; it was said that it would warn them.3
\nThey said, in times past, that it was thought that mice knew well him who had a paramour, whether a young man or a woman. In order for it to be evident, the mouse made a hole in a large basket, or gnawed the edges of gourd dishes or bowls. Likewise, if men, or a woman, were married, he made holes in their mats, or the men’s mantles. In the same way, he gnawed through a woman’s shift or skirt. And everywhere the mouse made holes. It was said that thereby he made known that one’s spouse had committed adultery.
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