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The interjectional appendages to this and the following verse are increased. Tepeyacan was the name of a mountain on which before the Conquest was a temple dedicated to the "Mother of our Life," Tonantzin. 16. tlapalcayocan, "the place of shards," of broken pieces, i.e., the field of battle. I am quite open for correction however.
It appears that the Aztecs, long before the arrival of the Spaniards, had been in the habit of worshipping in this very place a goddess, who was known as Teotenantzin, "mother-god," or Tonantzin, "our mother." She told him to go to the bishop, and tell him to build her a temple on the place where she stood, giving him a lapful of flowers as a token.
In a similar strain as in the last poem, the bard bewails the briefness of human life and friendships. He closes with an appeal to the Master of Life, of whom no mortal tongue can speak in worthy and appropriate terms. 6. ihuiti, apparently a form of ihuintia. tonan; the reference appears to be to Tonantzin, Our Mother, otherwise known as Cihuacoatl, the Serpent Woman.
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