la tomaban por buen agüero,1 al principio del tiempo que comenzaba a aparecer por el oriente.
\nLlamaba esta gente a la cometa citlalin popoca, que quiere decir "estrella que humea". Teníanla por prenóstico de la muerte de algún príncipe o rey, o de guerra o de hambre. La gente vulgar decía: "Ésta es nuestra hambre."
\nA la inflamación de la cometa llamaba esta gente citlalin tlamina, que quiere decir "la estrella tira saeta". Y decían que siempre que aquella saeta caía sobre alguna cosa viva, liebre o conejo o otro animal, y donde hería, luego se criaba un gusano, por lo cual aquel animal no era de comer. Por esta causa procuraba esta gente de abrigarse de noche, porque la inflamación de la cometa no cayese sobre ellos.
\nHay una palabra ilegible después de "agüero".↩
they would consider it a good omen, at the beginning of the period when it started appearing in the east.
\nThese people called a comet citlalin popoca, which means “smoking star.” They considered it the prediction of a prince’s or king’s death, or of war or famine. The common people would say, “This is our famine.”
\nThese people called a comet’s sparks citlalin tlamina, which means, “The star shoots an arrow.” And they said that whenever that arrow fell upon a living thing—a hare, rabbit, or another animal—a worm would then breed on the wound, thus rendering such an animal unfit to be eaten. For this reason, these people would be careful to cover themselves at night so that the comet’s sparks would not fall on them.
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\nMitoa: tlatocatetzauitl, ic tlatocamicoaz, aço aca uey tlaçopilli ie mjquiz: yoan no quitoaia, aço cana ie oalmotzacoaz, aço ie olinjz teuatl tlachinolli: yoan anoço ie maianaloz. Quitoaia in maceoalti: aço tapiz hi, aço apiztli quitoa.
\nMitoa: amo nenquiça, amo nēuetzi, in itlamjnaliz: tlaocuillotia. Auh in tlamintli, mitoa: citlalmjnqui, ocuillo, aocmo qualo, mauhcaitto, tlaelitto, hihielo, tetlaieltia.
\nAuh in iooaltica vel nemalhuilo, neolololo, netlapacholo, nequentilo, netlalpililo: imacaxo in itlaminaliz citlalin.
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\nIt was said [to be] an omen for the ruler. Because of it a ruler was to perish; perchance some person of noble lineage would die. And likewise they said that somewhere he might be imprisoned, or war would begin. Or else there would be famine. The common folk said: “Perhaps this is our hunger; perchance famine,” they said.
\nIt was said that the passing of a shooting star rose and fell neither without purpose nor in vain. It brought a worm to something. And of [the animal] wounded by a shooting star, they said: “It hath been wounded by a shooting star; it hath received a worm.” [Such] was not to be eaten. It was looked at with fear, abhorred, and shunned. It turned one’s stomach.
\nAnd by night all were well protected. All covered themselves; they clothed themselves, wrapped themselves in mantles, and bound on their garments, for fear of the shooting star.
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