dedicados a Ce Cóatl, dios del camino, y a Tlacotzontli y Zacatzontli, dioses del camino. Y los papeles que eran dedicados a Yacatecuhtli, dios de los mercaderes, cubrían con ellos al báculo de caña maciza. Estos papeles nunca los quemaban, porque cobijaban con ellos el báculo. Después de haber ordenado su ofrenda como está dicho en medio del patio de la casa, luego se entraba dentro de la casa, y se ponía delante del fuego en pie, y descabezaba algunas codornices a honra del fuego. Habiendo ofrecido las codornices al fuego, luego se sangraban las orejas con unas lancetas de piedra negra, y algunos sangraban también la lengua. Cuando ya corría la sangre, tomábanla en la mano y decían "Teunappa", y cuatro veces echaba sangre al fuego, y luego goteaba los papeles que allí estaban ofrecidos al fuego. Hecho esto, salía al patio y echaba de su sangre hacia el cielo, poniéndola sobre la uña del dedo de medio, y barajustándole hacia arriba, haciendo fuerza en el dedo pulgar. Lo mismo hacía hacia el oriente, que ellos llaman tlapcopa, e[chando]
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\nThe Spanish text switches back and forth from the plural to the singular throughout the rest of this paragraph. Here the text describes the actions of a single (male) devotee performing the ritual offering to the fire.↩
quitoaia tlaltecutli: ioan ce coatl, in iehoatl vtli, ioan tlacotzontli, çacatzontli. Auh in iiacatecutli inemac, conquentia in otlatopilli, aic tlatla in amatl, in izquipa mostlaoa çan mochipa conquentia.
\nAuh in ie iuhqui, in omuchi centecpanque in innestlaoal itoalnepantla; niman ie ic calaqui in inchan, ispan moquetza in tletl: vncan conquechcotona in çoli. In oconquechcotonque, niman ie ic vitzauhqui ic quiço in innacaz, anoço innenepil in quiço. Jn icoac ie qujça eztli, imatica concui quitoaia teunappa in contlaça tleco: niman ie ic ipan quichichipitza in amatl:
\nin oipan ommiçoc niman ie ic oalquiça in itoalnepantla: achtopa ontlatlaça in ilhuicac, contlaça in iezço: niman ie ompa in tonatiuh iquiçaia, mitoaia tlapcopa, nappa in contlaça iezço: niman ie ompa in tonatiuh icalaquian, mitoaia cioatlampa: no nappa in contlaça iezço: njmã
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"783df5e6-6c26-4ec5-a701-c2c2b0f5d9ee","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":"whom they called Tlaltecutli; and One Serpent the one [who was] the way; and Tlacotzontli [and] Çacatzontli. But as the gift of Yiacatecutli they covered the stout traveling canes. The paper never burned. As often as the debt was paid, they always covered [the canes].\n\nAnd when this was done, when all their offerings were arranged together in the middle of the courtyard, thereupon they entered their home [and] stood before the fire. There they beheaded a quail [to honor the fire]. When they had beheaded it, thereupon, with pointed obsidian blades, they pierced their ears, or they pierced their tongues. When the blood already flowed, they took it with their hands [and] said, “Teonappa,” when they cast it into the fire. Thereupon they spattered the papers with it.\n\nWhen the blood had been offered on [the papers], thereupon they went out into the middle of the courtyard. First they repeatedly cast it; toward the sky they cast their blood. Then there whence the sun came forth, called east, they cast their blood four times. Then there where the sun entered his house, called west, they also four times cast their blood. Then","html":"whom they called Tlaltecutli; and One Serpent the one [who was] the way; and Tlacotzontli [and] Çacatzontli. But as the gift of Yiacatecutli they covered the stout traveling canes. The paper never burned. As often as the debt was paid, they always covered [the canes].
\nAnd when this was done, when all their offerings were arranged together in the middle of the courtyard, thereupon they entered their home [and] stood before the fire. There they beheaded a quail [to honor the fire]. When they had beheaded it, thereupon, with pointed obsidian blades, they pierced their ears, or they pierced their tongues. When the blood already flowed, they took it with their hands [and] said, “Teonappa,” when they cast it into the fire. Thereupon they spattered the papers with it.
\nWhen the blood had been offered on [the papers], thereupon they went out into the middle of the courtyard. First they repeatedly cast it; toward the sky they cast their blood. Then there whence the sun came forth, called east, they cast their blood four times. Then there where the sun entered his house, called west, they also four times cast their blood. Then
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