se quemó, y por eso tiene las plumas hoscas o negrestinas. A la postre entró un tigre; no se quemó, sino chamuscóse, y por eso quedó manchado de negro y blanco. Deste lugar se tomó la costumbre de llamar a los hombres diestros en la guerra cuauhtlocélotl. Y dicen primero cuauhtli, porque el águila primero entró en el fuego; y dícese a la postre océlotl, porque el tigre entró en el fuego a la postre del águila.
\nDespués que ambos se hubieron arrojado en el fuego, y después que se hubieron quemado, luego los dioses se sentaron a esperar a qué parte vendría salir el Nanahua. Después que estuvieron gran rato esperando, comenzóse a parar colorado el cielo, y en toda parte apareció la luz del alba. Y dicen que después desto los dioses se hincaron de rodillas para esperar a dónde saldría Nanahua hecho Sol. A todas partes miraban, volviéndo[se]
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"7b9ee563-690f-4ac9-bf5c-7966d54255fe","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"burned as well; and this is why its feathers are dark or blackish. And finally, a tiger[^17] entered [the fire] and was not burned, but it only got singed; and that is why it ended up having black and white spots. From this place arose the custom of calling men who are skilled in battle _cuauhtlocelotl_: and they say _cuauhtli_ first, because the eagle was the first to enter the fire; and _ocelotl_ is said afterward, because the tiger entered the fire after the eagle.[^18]\n\nAfter they had both thrown themselves into the fire, and after they had both burned, the gods proceeded to sit down to wait and see from which direction the Nanahua would appear.[^19] After they had waited for a long time, the sky began to turn red, and the light of dawn appeared everywhere. And they say that, after this happened, the gods got down on their knees to wait and see from which direction the Nanahua would appear as the sun. They kept looking in every direction and turning \n\n\n[^17]: “Tiger”: _tigre_; that is, a jaguar. In the sixteenth century, the Guarani word _jaguar_ was not yet used in Spanish.\n\n[^18]: The Cuauhtli (eagle) and Ocelotl (jaguar) were the highest military orders in Mexico Tenochtitlan.\n\n[^19]: Nanahua (he who has pustules); Sahagún registers the name of the god Nanahuatzin without the honorific diminutive suffix –_tzin_.","html":"burned as well; and this is why its feathers are dark or blackish. And finally, a tiger1 entered [the fire] and was not burned, but it only got singed; and that is why it ended up having black and white spots. From this place arose the custom of calling men who are skilled in battle cuauhtlocelotl: and they say cuauhtli first, because the eagle was the first to enter the fire; and ocelotl is said afterward, because the tiger entered the fire after the eagle.2
\nAfter they had both thrown themselves into the fire, and after they had both burned, the gods proceeded to sit down to wait and see from which direction the Nanahua would appear.3 After they had waited for a long time, the sky began to turn red, and the light of dawn appeared everywhere. And they say that, after this happened, the gods got down on their knees to wait and see from which direction the Nanahua would appear as the sun. They kept looking in every direction and turning
\n“Tiger”: tigre; that is, a jaguar. In the sixteenth century, the Guarani word jaguar was not yet used in Spanish.↩
The Cuauhtli (eagle) and Ocelotl (jaguar) were the highest military orders in Mexico Tenochtitlan.↩
Nanahua (he who has pustules); Sahagún registers the name of the god Nanahuatzin without the honorific diminutive suffix –tzin.↩
oc cuel tehoatl nanaoatze, ma ie cuel.
\nAuh in nanaoatzin, çan cen in oalmotlapalo, quioalcentlami, quioallancoa in iiollo, oalistetenmotzolo: amo tle ic mismauhti, amo moquehquetz, amo motilquetz, amo tzinquiz: çan niman ommotlaztiuetz, õmomaiauhtiuetz in tleco, çan ic cenia: niman ie ic tlatla, cuecuepoca, tzotzoioca in inacaio.
\nAuh in icoac, oquittac tecuciztecatl, in ie tlatla: quinicoac, çatepan ipan onmomaiauh: niman ie no ic tlatla.
\nAuh in iuh conitoa, quilmach niman no ic oneoac, in quauhtli, quimontoquili: onmotlaztiuetz in tleco, ommotlecomaiauh, oc iehoatl no vellalac: ipampa in iuiio cuicheoac, cuichectic. Auh ça ontlatzacui in ocelotl, aocmo cenca uellala in tletl, uetzito: ic ça motlecuicuilo, motletlecuicuilo, motlechichino, aocmo cenca uellalac: ipampan çan cuicuiltic, motlilchachapani, motlilchachazpatz.
\nIn hin, quilmach vncan man, vncan mocuic in tlatolli: inic itolo, teneoalo, in aquin tiacauh, oquichtli: quauhtlocelotl tocaiotilo: ieh iacattiuh in quauhtli, mitoa, quil ipampa in onteiacan
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"a54b7696-2c6a-45b7-ae13-18837e1dfcdb","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":"O Nanauatzin! Take heart!”\n\nAnd Nanauatzin, daring all at once, determined—resolved—hardened his heart, and shut firmly his eyes. He had no fear; he did not stop short; he did not falter in fright; he did not turn back. All at once he quickly threw and cast himself into the fire; once and for all he went. Thereupon he burned; his body crackled and sizzled.\n\nAnd when Tecuciztecatl saw that already he burned, then, afterwards, he cast himself upon [the fire]. Thereupon he also burned.\n\nAnd thus do they say: It is told that then flew up an eagle, [which] followed them. It threw itself suddenly into the flames; it cast itself into them, [while] still it blazed up. Therefore its feathers are scorched looking and blackened. And afterwards followed an ocelot, when now the fire no longer burned high, and he came to fall in. Thus he was only blackened—smutted—in various places, and singed by the fire. [For] it was not now burning hot. Therefore he was only spotted, dotted with black spots, [as if] splashed with black.\n\nFrom this [event], it is said, they took—from here was taken—the custom whereby was called and named one who was valiant, a warrior. He was given the name *quauhtlocelotl*. [The word] *quauhtli* came first, it is told, because, [as] was said, [the eagle] first entered","html":"O Nanauatzin! Take heart!”
\nAnd Nanauatzin, daring all at once, determined—resolved—hardened his heart, and shut firmly his eyes. He had no fear; he did not stop short; he did not falter in fright; he did not turn back. All at once he quickly threw and cast himself into the fire; once and for all he went. Thereupon he burned; his body crackled and sizzled.
\nAnd when Tecuciztecatl saw that already he burned, then, afterwards, he cast himself upon [the fire]. Thereupon he also burned.
\nAnd thus do they say: It is told that then flew up an eagle, [which] followed them. It threw itself suddenly into the flames; it cast itself into them, [while] still it blazed up. Therefore its feathers are scorched looking and blackened. And afterwards followed an ocelot, when now the fire no longer burned high, and he came to fall in. Thus he was only blackened—smutted—in various places, and singed by the fire. [For] it was not now burning hot. Therefore he was only spotted, dotted with black spots, [as if] splashed with black.
\nFrom this [event], it is said, they took—from here was taken—the custom whereby was called and named one who was valiant, a warrior. He was given the name quauhtlocelotl. [The word] quauhtli came first, it is told, because, [as] was said, [the eagle] first entered
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