Aztec Poetry (2): Three Poems

Dawn arrives, radiant sunrise. Multi-coloured spoonbills drink nectar from the standing flowers, Yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue oayyaue. Here on earth, in the market you appear.

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I am the lord, I, Quetzalcoatl, Yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue oayyaue. Florentine Codex, Book 2. The Atamalcualiztli ceremony included dances and deity impersonation. Its performance served to rejuvenate corn. It was celebrated every eight years on the day One Flower, when the cycle of the planet Venus crossed the day sun cycle. According to the mythological story, on that day during the Creation epoch or First Sun, Tlazolteotl, the Earth Mother, gave birth to Cinteotl, the corn deity.

Cinteotl and Quetzalcoatl are closely identified. Xochitl noyollo cuepontimania ye Tlacoyoalle, Oaya ouayaye. Yecoc ye Tonan, yecoc ye Teutl Tlazolteutla, Oaya ouayaye. Otlacatqui Centeutl Tamiyoanchan ni Xochitli cacani Ce-Xochitli, Yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue oayyaue. Otlacatqui Centeutl atl yayahuicani in Tlacapillachiualoya Chalchimichuacan, Yyao yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue oayyaue. Oyatlatonazqui tlauizcalleuaya inan tlachichinya nepapan quechol Xochitlacacan, Yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue o ayyaue.

Tlalpan timoquetzca tianquiz nauaquia. Nitlacatla, ni Quetzalcoatla, Yantala yantata ayyao ayyaue tilili yyao ayaue oayyaue. The 20 day signs formed a precious necklace Read our report on the 3rd London Nahuatl Study Day. Spooked by a ghost? Mexicolore began work in development education Many plants and animals had more than one meaning Pilgrimages to sacred locations - a tradition both ancient and modern.

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