Huitzilopochtli

[pancho Becraft]

I have never heard that meaning either.  Could it be that they are applying a metaphoric meaning to the name.  After all, isn't Huitzilopochtli reputed to be the "god of war"?  And since he is the god of war, "strenght of your will" would make sense at least in that context?

 

tlashtlahui
 
> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:07:39 -0400
> From: mmccaffe at indiana.edu
> To: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
> Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] Huitzilopochtli
> 
> 
> Ben,
> 
> I haven't read the link (will later), but "strength of your will" is 
> not what "Huitzilopochtli" means. You really never know what you're 
> going to run into in res Aztecas.
> 
> 
> :-)
> 
> Michael
> 
> Quoting "Leeming, Ben" <b.leeming at rivers.org>:
> 
> > Piyali listeros, here's an interesting one that has me scratching my head.
> >
> > I just read the following in an article from the Woodburn (OR)
> > Independent online:
> >
> > WOODBURN - Woodburn's local Aztec dance group, Danza Azteca
> > Huitzilopochtli, provided a feast for the senses in their performance
> > at Library Park on June 24. The group's name, Huitzilopochtli, is a
> > Nahuatl word meaning "strength of your will." (emphasis mine)
> >
> > I can't for the life of me discern how "strength of your will" comes
> > from Huitzilopochtli... Any thoughts where this might have come from?
> >
> > Here's the link:
> > http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2010/June/29/News.Briefs/local.aztec.dance.group.to.perform.june.24/news.aspx
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > Ben Leeming
> > Chair, History Department
> > The Rivers School
> > Weston, MA 02493
> > (781) 235-9300
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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