n Otomi, and _tecutli_,
ruler or lord. He is slightly referred to by Sahagun as "the first ruler
to govern the ancestors of the Otomis." (_Historia_, Lib. X, cap. 29,
sec. 5.)

XII. _Ayopechtli icuic._

1. Cane cana ichan, ayopechcatl cozcapantica mixiuhtoc.

2. Cane cana ichan ayopechcatl cozcapantica mixiuhtoc, cane ichan
chacayoticaya.

3. Xiualmeuayauia, xiua xiualmeuayaauiaya yancuipilla, xiualmeuaya.

4. Auiya xiualmeuaya, ueya, xiua, xiualmeuaya, cozcapilla xiualmeuaya.

_Gloss._

1. _Q.n._, in oncan ichan ayopechtli oncan mixiuiqui tlacatilia in
cuzcatl quetzalli.

2. Cane cana ichan, _q.n._, in oncan ichan ayopechcatl oncan
quitlacatilia in cozcatl quetzalli oncan yoliua, tlacatiua.

3. _Q.n._, ximeua, ximeua, in tipiltzintli xiualmeua in quinotitlacat
tipiltzintli.

4. _Q.n._, xiualmeua, xiualmeua, in tipiltzintli in ti cuzcatl, in ti
quetzalli.

_Hymn to Ayopechcatl._

1. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes
charge of the child.

2. Truly in whatever house there is a lying-in, Ayopechcatl takes
charge of the child, there where it is weeping in the house.

3. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you new comer, come along
and cry out.

4. Come along and cry out, cry out, cry out, you little jewel, cry
out.

_Notes._

The name of Ayopechcatl does not appear among the divinities named by
Sahagun, Duran or the other authorities at my command. Her name
indicates her function as the goddess of the child-bed and the neonatus,
and the above hymn establishes her claim to a place in the Aztec
pantheon.

XIII. _Ciuacoatl icuic._

1. Quaui, quaui, quilaztla, coaeztica xayaualoc uiuiya quauiuitl
uitzalochpa chalima aueuetl ye colhoa.

2. Huiya tonaca, acxolma centla teumilco chicauaztica, motlaquechizca.

3. Uitztla, uitztla, nomactemi, uitztla, uitztla nomactemi, acan
teumilco chicauaztica motlaquechizca.

4. Malinalla nomactemi, acan teumilco chicauaztica motlaquechizca.

5. A omei quauhtli, ye tonanaya chalmecatecutli ay tziuac y mauiztla
nechyatetemilli, yeua nopiltzinaya mixcoatla.

6. Ya tonani, yauciuatzin, aya tonan yauciuatzi aya y maca coliuacan y
yuitla y potocaya.

7. Ahuiya ye tonaquetli, yautlatocaya, ahuiya ye tonaquetli
yautlatocaya moneuila no tlaca cenpoliuiz aya y maca coliuaca y yuitla y
potocaya.

8. Ahuia quauiuitl amo xayaualli onauiya yecoyametl amo xayaualli.

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