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epetitla yc moxaual ioan y teueuel, _id est_, ichimal ic otepeuh aocac omoquichquetz iniquac peualoque coatepec a iniquac otlalli cuecuechiuh, _id est_, iquac opopoliuhque. _Hymn to Chimalipan in Parturition._ 1. Chimalipan was a virgin when she brought forth the adviser of battles; Chimalipan was a virgin when she brought forth the adviser of battles. 2. On the Coatepec was her labor; on the mountain he ripened into age; as he became a man truly the earth was shaken, even as he became a man. _Notes._ The goddess Chimalipan is not mentioned by the authorities at my command; but from the tenor of the hymn it is evident that the name is a synonym for the virgin mother of Huitzilopochtli, who is distinctly referred to by his title _Yautlatoani_ (see _ante_, p. 18). In the myth, she dwelt upon the Coatepetl, the Serpent Mountain, on the site of Tulan. For a full discussion of this myth I refer to my inquiry, "_Were the Toltecs an Historic Nationality?_" in _Proceedings of the Amer. Phil. Soc._ for Sept. 1887, and _American Hero-Myths_, chap. 11. (Phila., 1881). The Gloss distinctly states that the mother of Huitzilopochtli is referred to in the hymn. We must regard Chimalipan therefore as identical with _Chimalman_, who, according to another myth dwelt in Tula as a virgin, and was divinely impregnated by the descending spirit of the All-father in the shape of a bunch of feathers. In other myths she is mentioned as also the mother of the Huitznahua, the enemies and the brothers of Huitzilopochtli, referred to in the second of this collection of chants. VI. _Ixcocauhqui icuic._ 1. Huiya tzonimolco notauane ye namech maya pinauhtiz, tetemoca ye namech maya pinauhtiz. 2. Xonca mecatla notecua iccotl mimilcatoc chicueyocan naualcalli nauali temoquetlaya. 3. Huiya tzonimolco cuicotipeuhque, aya tzonimolco cuicotipeuhque, aya iztleica naual moquizcauia, iztlauan naual moquizca. 4. Huia tzonimolco maceualli maya temacouia, oya tonaqui, oya tonaqui maceualli, maya temacouiya. 5. Huiya tzonimolco xoxolcuicatl cacauantoc ya ayouica mocuiltonoaci tontecuitl moteicnelil mauiztli. 6. Huiya ciuatontla xatenonotza, ayyauhcalcatl quiyauatla, xatenonotza. _Var._ 2. Xoncan mecatlan notechoan. 3. Iztleica (for iztlauan). 6. Ia ayiauhcalcatl. _Gloss._ 1. _Q.n._, yn itzonmolcatl notauane ye nemechpinauhtiz nachcan nochan tetemoan, ye nemechpinauhtiz. 2. _Q.n._, yn meca
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