las mujeres amantecas se juntaban en el barrio de Amantlan, y todas se componían de los afeites y atavíos destas dos diosas, como arriba se dixo. Pero los hombres solamente se emplumaban las piernas con pluma colorada. Y entonce ofrecían sus hijos y hijas estos amantecas a estos dioses y diosas. Si era varón el que se ofrecía prometían de meterle en el calmécac para que allí se criase, y después, cuando venían años de discreción, enseñábanle para que deprendiese el oficio de tultecáyotl con la ayuda de aquellos dioses. Y si era mujer la que se ofrecía, demandaban a aquellos dioses que le ayudasen para que fuese gran labrandera y buena tinturera de tochómitl en todas las colores, así para pluma como para tochómitl.
\nEl barrio de los amantecas y el barrio de los puchtecas estaban juntos. Y también los dioses de los amantecas y de los puchtecas estaban pareados. El uno se llamaba Yacatecuhtli, que es el dios de los mercaderes; y el otro
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\nThe barrio of the amantecas and the barrio of the pochtecas were [paired] together. And the gods of the amantecas and of the pochtecas were also paired together. One [god] was called Yacateuctli, who is the god of the merchants; and the other one
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\nic oncan quinnetoltiaia in isquichtin impilhoan amanteca: intla oquichtli quitlaitlaniaia inic oncan tlamacazcatiz mohoapaoaz calmecac, auh in quauhtic uel quicuiz in istli in iollotli in tultecaiotl: auh intla cihoatl quitlaniaia inic uel tlamachioaz, ioan uellapaz tochomipaz, uel quipaz in izquican icac tlapapaltochomitl, anoço ihuitl quipaz tlatlapalpaz, tlamatlalpaz, tlacozticapaz, tlaxochipalpaz, tlatexopaz, tlaiiappalpaz, tlapaltica tlatlatlapalpoaz inic quitlatlamachiz ihuiuh.
\nIn iehoantin, y, amanteca in incalpul, in incalmecauh: çan monetechanaia onteistin manca in incalpul puchteca: no iui in inteuhoan nehoan manca quinnehoanmanaia, quimomemanaia
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"70f99ac3-0b01-4361-b1c8-ceb08bc87b8a","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":"their gods. Wherefore all the women, the women of Amantlan, every one, assembled there in the temple of their *calpulli*; there they danced with interlocked arms. This was what was called the interlocked arms dance: the women were pasted with feathers; their faces were painted. The colored feathers with which they were pasted reached to their ankles. Similar were their arms. But only the legs of the men were pasted with colored feathers; their pasted feathering reached to their thighs.\n\nOn this occasion the inhabitants of Amantlan pledged all their children as offerings. If it were a boy, one asked that he might serve as a priest, to grow up there in the priests’ house, and that when matured he would acquire understanding, artisanship.[^2] But if it were a girl, one asked that she might embroider well; might dye articles well; might tint rabbit fur; might tint well the varicolored rabbit furs wherever they were placed; or might dye feathers in varied colors: azure, yellow, rose red, light blue, black; [that] she might judge colors, so that she could work her feathers.\n\nThe *calpulli* temple [and] the priests’ house of these inhabitants of Amantlan extended by, were paired together with, the *calpulli* temple of the merchants. Likewise their gods were placed together; they put together, placed in twofold division, \n\n\n\n\n[^2]: Corresponding Spanish text: *”si era varon el que se prometian de meterle, en el calmecac, para que alli se criasse*:* y despues quando venjan años de discrecion, enseñauanle, para que deprendiesse el officio de tultecaiotl, con la ayuda de aquellos dioses.”*","html":"their gods. Wherefore all the women, the women of Amantlan, every one, assembled there in the temple of their calpulli; there they danced with interlocked arms. This was what was called the interlocked arms dance: the women were pasted with feathers; their faces were painted. The colored feathers with which they were pasted reached to their ankles. Similar were their arms. But only the legs of the men were pasted with colored feathers; their pasted feathering reached to their thighs.
\nOn this occasion the inhabitants of Amantlan pledged all their children as offerings. If it were a boy, one asked that he might serve as a priest, to grow up there in the priests’ house, and that when matured he would acquire understanding, artisanship.1 But if it were a girl, one asked that she might embroider well; might dye articles well; might tint rabbit fur; might tint well the varicolored rabbit furs wherever they were placed; or might dye feathers in varied colors: azure, yellow, rose red, light blue, black; [that] she might judge colors, so that she could work her feathers.
\nThe calpulli temple [and] the priests’ house of these inhabitants of Amantlan extended by, were paired together with, the calpulli temple of the merchants. Likewise their gods were placed together; they put together, placed in twofold division,
\nCorresponding Spanish text: ”si era varon el que se prometian de meterle, en el calmecac, para que alli se criasse:* y despues quando venjan años de discrecion, enseñauanle, para que deprendiesse el officio de tultecaiotl, con la ayuda de aquellos dioses.”*↩