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Social Reproduction of Late Postclassic Ritual Practices in Early Colonial Central México

Table 1.3 - Template for the canonical piciyetl epithet

Macrons transcribing vowel length in Náhuatl have been deleted from the online version of Table 1.3.

First element:
Number 9
Second element:
Pounding action
Syllable
number
Epithet context Source
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatetzohtzon-alli
Stone-Pounded-One
 
tlatecapanilli
Stone-Slapped-One
8
 
 
8
Written incantation for hunting deer Andrews & Hassig
(A & H)
94-104
in chiucnauh
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatecapanilli
Stone-Slapped-One
 
tlah-tlatetzohtzon-alli
Stone-Pounded-One
9
 
 
9
Written incantation for hunting deer A & H
94-104
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatecapanilli
Stone-Slapped-One
 
tlah-tlamatelolli
Hand-Crumbled-One
8
 
 
8
First incantation for divination through forearm-measuring A & H 144
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatetzohtzon-tli
Stone-Beaten-One
 
tlamatelolli
Hand-Crumbled-One
7
 
 
7
Third incantation for divination through forearm-measuring A & H 149
chiucnauhpa
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatetzohtzon
Stone-Beaten-One
 
tlamatelolli
Hand-Crumbled-One
7
 
 
7
Incantation for curing headaches A & H 168
chiucnauhpa
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauhpa
Nine [times]
tlatetzohtzon-alli
Stone-Pounded-One
 
tlamatelolli
Hand-Crumbled-One
9
 
 
8
Incantation for curing headaches A & H 165
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
 
chiucnauh
Nine [times]
tlatetzohtzon-al
Stone-Pounded-One
 
pahpatlan-tzin
Honorable Flier
7
 
 
6
Incantation for curing with needle pricklings A & H 194

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