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In accordance with the general object of this series of volumes--which is to furnish materials for study rather than to offer completed studies--I have prepared for this number the text of the most ancient authentic record of American religious lore. From its antiquity and cha...
In accordance with the general object of this series of volumes--which is to furnish materials for study rather than to offer completed studies--I have prepared for this number...
2. Chapter 2The goddess to whom this hymn is devoted was called _Teteoinan_, the Mother of the Gods, _Toçi_, our Mother (maternal ancestor), and also by another name which signified "the He...
4. Chapter 4Ca. 1. And, also. 2. To be. Ça, Çan, VII, 1. Only, solely. Cacauantoc, VI, 5. Reduplicated from _caua_, to cease, stop, leave off. Cacauatla, XI, 2. "Among the cacao trees." Cal...
3. Chapter 3Cihuacoatl was the mythical mother of the human race. Her name, generally translated "serpent woman," should be rendered "woman of twins" or "bearing twins," as the myth related...
5. Chapter 5Xamontoca, IV, 7. _Xi-am-on-itta_, from _itta_, to look, to see. Compare the Gloss. Xatenonotza, VI, 6. For _xi-tenonotza_, call ye upon, pray ye to. Xayaualli, XIII, 8. From _x...