Southey's Common-place Book, Volume 4Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851 - Anecdotes |
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Page 144
... Mexitli , was the God of War ; the deity the most honoured by the Mexicans , and their chief protector . Of this god some said he was a pure spirit , others that he was born of a woman , but without the assistance of a man , and de ...
... Mexitli , was the God of War ; the deity the most honoured by the Mexicans , and their chief protector . Of this god some said he was a pure spirit , others that he was born of a woman , but without the assistance of a man , and de ...
Page 145
... Mexitli , woman - born , who from the womb , Child of no mortal sire , leapt terrible , The armed avenger of his mother's fame . " Madoc in Aztlan , ix . p . 378.-J. W. W. animals , made of gold and precious stones , which ornaments and ...
... Mexitli , woman - born , who from the womb , Child of no mortal sire , leapt terrible , The armed avenger of his mother's fame . " Madoc in Aztlan , ix . p . 378.-J. W. W. animals , made of gold and precious stones , which ornaments and ...
Page 204
... Mexitli , demands a white sacrifice . Tlalala and Ocelopan devote themselves to bring one . They go to the mountain settlements , and lie in wait . They find Caradoc , sleeping , but as they are about to seize him the wind sweeps over ...
... Mexitli , demands a white sacrifice . Tlalala and Ocelopan devote themselves to bring one . They go to the mountain settlements , and lie in wait . They find Caradoc , sleeping , but as they are about to seize him the wind sweeps over ...
Page 207
... Mexitli is found one morning whole in the temple at Patamba , and the banner of the nation above it . It was the voice of a bird that occasioned the migration of the Aztecans . This bird should be supposed the spirit of Coano- cotzin ...
... Mexitli is found one morning whole in the temple at Patamba , and the banner of the nation above it . It was the voice of a bird that occasioned the migration of the Aztecans . This bird should be supposed the spirit of Coano- cotzin ...
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