Me:xi'co = moon navel, maguey navel, E.T.'s navel....??

[micc2]

Hi again,

As if  /2012, In Lakech, and Mexica Tiahui /had not burnt out our little 
grey cells.......

The name Mexico has been interpreted by new Age types as "the place of 
the navel of the moon,"  "the place of the navel of the maguey"

My question is, if the word is Me:xi'co  (long vowel E, and glottal stop 
after the short vowel I), what would be the argument for or against 
these two interpretations? And if this is not correct, what would be?

I understand that the Modern Nahuatl name for Mexico is: "Mexco." Would 
that have some linguistic root in the meaning of the word in classic times?

   1. I argue that the "creators" of these two analysis of Mexico ignore
      vowel length and glottal stops.... Am I wrong?
   2. If Huitzilopochtli was seen as a tribal/solar deity, and he had
      just "dismembered"  his sister Coyolxauhqui (who some claim is the
      moon... but I think she is a terrestrial deity that symbolizes the
      "old guard" of Teotihuacan and the Toltecs... but I digress again)
      at Coatepec (that then becomes the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan),
      why would the name of his capital be related to the moon?
   3. If the name means the navel of the maguey..... would it not be
      incongruous, since at that time the island of Mexico was a very
      wet and probably cold alpine area, not the best environment for an
      agave.....?
   4. I understand that Me:xi'co means the place of the Me:xi'ca....
      which means the "people of Mexi."  is there a study which I can
      point to that shows this etymology?


Mario, always ready to learn.....

I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:


"Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz


Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
www.mexicayotl.net

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