Convention for counting dual names

Richley Crapo rcrapo at HASS.USU.EDU
Mon May 30 14:31:54 UTC 2005


In classical Aztec, when a person had two names (e.g., Tlotzin Pochotl) and a text refers to the fact that one of these names is the earlier and the other was received later (e.g., "X, who was first called Y), is the person's earlier name listed first or second? In other words, in a case such as Tlotzin Pochotl, would the text likely say "Tlotzen who was first called Pochotl" or "Pochotl, who was first called Tlotzin"?

Thanks,
Richley



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