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Updated: June 21, 2025
And then Bruno learned how the adventurous young Aztec, far less superstitious than the vast majority of his people, thanks to the kindly teaching of Victo, Child of Quetzal', had in his explorations discovered so many secrets of the temple and priesthood, secrets which he now had no scruple in communicating to another of a different race.
A little flock of brightly-coloured finches flew up before we had gone a hundred yards, but I was so excited by the prospect of getting my prize's mate that these seemed of no account, and we went on, my intention being to fire at the cock of the rocks, and nothing else, unless the golden plumage of a quetzal flashed into sight.
'My speech with you, princess, and the Teule your outlawed husband, shall be short and sharp, he began roughly. 'A while hence you came hither to seek an army to aid Cuitlahua, Emperor of the Aztecs, in his struggle with the Teules, the sons of Quetzal.
Let thy soul awake and turn toward the south, toward the rising of the sun, rouse thy heart that it turn toward the field of battle, there let it win power and fame, the noble flowers which it will not grasp in vain; adorned with a frontlet of quetzal feathers I went forth armed with sword and shield to the battlefield on earth, that I might merit these noble flowers with which we may rejoice as we wish our friends, as the Cause of All may reward and grant to us.
The savage wolf, the cayote, is frequently met with. A considerable number of the birds of South America, or of allied species, are found in many parts of the country. This is the home of the resplendent trogon, called the quetzal the imperial bird of the Quiches.
Nic itoaya, nitlaocoltzatzia; ma namechellelti y tlazohuane, niman cactimotlalique, niman hualtato in quetzal huitzitziltin. Aquin tictemohua, cuicanitzine? Niman niquinnanquilia niquimilhuia: Campa catqui in yectli, ahuiac xochitl ic niquimellelquixtiz in amohuampotzitzinhuan?
'I hold that you lie, answered Montezuma frowning, 'for the sharks and crocodiles would devour one who swam thus. Then he added anxiously, 'Say, are you of the descendants of Quetzal? 'I do not know, O king. I am of a white race, and our forefather was named Adam. 'Perchance that is another name for Quetzal, he said.
Then with his own hand, he put the chain about my throat, and the cloak upon my shoulders, and having humbly bent the knee before me as though in adoration, he cast his arms about me and embraced me. 'Hail! most blessed, he said, 'divine son of Quetzal, holder of the spirit of Tezcat, Soul of the World, Creator of the World.
On quetzal pipixauhtoc motlachinolxochiuh in ipalnemoa zan ca nicolintototl, etc. The beauteous flowers of thy battles lie abundantly snowed down, O Giver of Life; I am like a wild bird, etc. Toco toco tiqui tiqui ic ontlantiuh toco tico tocoti. Toco, toco, tiqui, tiqui, and then it ends toco, tico, tocoli.
Then having been cleansed and clothed, I was led into the sanctuary of the god Quetzal and stood face to face with the hideous image there, staring at the golden censer that was to have received my heart while the priests uttered prayers.
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