¿Qué cosa y cosa una jícara azul sembrada de maíces tostados que se llaman momóchitl? Éste es el cielo, que está sembrado de estrellas.
\n¿Qué cosa y cosa que va por un valley lleva las tripas arrestrando? Ésta es el aguja cuando cosen con ella, que lleva el hilo arrastrando.
\n¿Qué cosa y cosa un teponaztli hecho de una piedra preciosa y ceñido con carne viva? Es la orejera hecha de piedra preciosa, que está metida en la oreja.
\n¿Qué cosa y cosa un jarro o cántaro con asa que sabe ir al Infierno? Éste es el cántaro con que van por agua a la fuente.
\n¿Qué cosa y cosa diez piedras que las tiene alguno a cuestas? Éstas son las uñas que están sobre los dedos.
\n¿Qué cosa y cosa que se toma una montaña negra y se mata en un petlate blanco? Éste es el piojo, que
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\nWhat is it that goes dragging its entrails across the valley? It is the needle when they sew with it, which drags the thread behind it.
\nWhat is it that is a teponaztli made of a precious stone and bound with living flesh? It is the ear ornament made of precious stone, which is inserted in the ear.
\nWhat is it that is a jar or a pitcher that has a handle and knows its way to hell? It is the pitcher that they use to go fetch water at the spring.
\nWhat is it that consists of ten stones that someone carries on his or her back? These are the nails that are on the fingers.
\nWhat is it that is caught on a black mountain and is killed on a white petate? It is the louse that
\nmjtoa: cequj çaçanjlli, in mjtoa çaçan tleino, injc moçaçanjlvia, in juhqujma monaoaltotoca.
\nÇaçan tleino, xoxouhquj xicaltzintli, mumuchitl ontemj. Aca qujttaz toçaçanjltzin, tlacanenca ilvicatl.
\nÇaçan tleino, icujtlaxcol qujvilana, tepetozcatl qujtoca. Aca qujttaz toçaçanjltzin, tlacanenca vitzmallotl.
\nÇaçan tleino chalchiuhtepunaztli, nacatica cujtlalpitoc. Aca qujttaz toçaçanjltzin, tlacanenca nacochtli.
\nÇaçan tleino, quatzocoltzin mjctlan ommati. Aca qujttaz toçaçanjltzin, tlacanenca apilolli, ic atlacujoa.
\nÇaçan tleino, matlactin tepatlactli qujmamamatimanj. Aca qujttaz toçaçaniltzin, tlacanenca tozti.
\nÇaçan tleino, tlilquauhtla ommana, iztac tepatlacpan oalmjquj. Aca qujttaz toça[çanjltzin,]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"049de77f-82e7-4abd-b875-d3e3600c2c9a","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":"#### Forty-second Chapter. Here are told some riddles, the so-called “what-is-its” with which riddles are made as if they were mysteries.\n\nWhat is it that is a small blue gourd bowl filled with popcorn? One can see from our little riddle that it is the heavens.\n\nWhat is it that drags its entrails as it proceeds through the gorge? One can see from our little riddle that it is the needle.\n\nWhat is it that is a horizontal drum of green stone bound about the middle with flesh? One can see from our little riddle that it is the ear plug.\n\nWhat is it that is a little water jar to carry upon the head, which knows the land of the dead? One can see from our little riddle that it is the pottery pitcher for drawing water.\n\nWhat are the ten broad stones which one bears on the back? One can see from our little riddle that they are our fingernails.\n\nWhat is that which is caught in a black forest, which dies here on the broad white stones? One can see from","html":"What is it that is a small blue gourd bowl filled with popcorn? One can see from our little riddle that it is the heavens.
\nWhat is it that drags its entrails as it proceeds through the gorge? One can see from our little riddle that it is the needle.
\nWhat is it that is a horizontal drum of green stone bound about the middle with flesh? One can see from our little riddle that it is the ear plug.
\nWhat is it that is a little water jar to carry upon the head, which knows the land of the dead? One can see from our little riddle that it is the pottery pitcher for drawing water.
\nWhat are the ten broad stones which one bears on the back? One can see from our little riddle that they are our fingernails.
\nWhat is that which is caught in a black forest, which dies here on the broad white stones? One can see from
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