[Nahuatl] Warriors died in cambat

ANTHONY APPLEYARD a.appleyard at btinternet.com
Sat May 13 05:36:10 UTC 2006


--- Sandy Mielke <smielke at famsi.org> wrote:
> > From Antonio Aimi:
> Hola listeros,
> do you know if the warriors died in cambat had a specific name like
> the one of the cihuateteo? Gracias, Antonio 

The Vikings in Scandinavia believed that anyone who died in battle went
to the home of their gods and became a member of an armed force called
the Einherjar (j = "y" as in "yet"), which more or less mean "those who
are [now] all in the same army". Did the Aztecs have such a belief?

Citlalyani.

_______________________________________________
Nahuatl mailing list
Nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
http://www.famsi.org/mailman/listinfo/nahuatl



More information about the Nahuat-l mailing list