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I get some of you to weigh in on a question about the name
Malintzin/Malinche?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN
class=343072618-29042004> </SPAN><SPAN
class=343072618-29042004>T</SPAN></SPAN>he Spanish chroniclers tell us that
Cortés and his interpreter were both called “Malinche” (“Malintzin.”) <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frances Kartunnen argued (1997)
that both of them may have been seen as <I>ixiptla</I> for a previously obscure,
or unknown, divine entity itself called, “Malintzin”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This has been the most interesting and
persuasive of the explanations I’ve come across, and I’d love to know <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>if Ms. Kartunnen has had an opportunity
to further develop the argument, or if any of this distinguished company might
have thoughts on th<SPAN class=343072618-29042004>e</SPAN> naming. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=343072618-29042004>And, more
s</SPAN><SPAN class=343072618-29042004>pecifically</SPAN></SPAN>: are there
indigenous sources which apply the name, “Malintzin” to both <SPAN
class=343072618-29042004>Marina and Cortes</SPAN>?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Are there other examples of prominent
linked figures bearing the same name?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=343072618-29042004>What
of</SPAN><SPAN class=343072618-29042004> Bernal D del C's note that a
soldier (often in the company of Marina) named Juan Perez de Arteaga was also
called "Malinche?" </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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finally, what if anything, might have been the grammatical distinctions made in
speaking third-person about Malintzin (him), Malintzin (her), and Malintzin (the
god??)<SPAN class=343072618-29042004> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN class=343072618-29042004>--a longtime "lurker"
on Nahuat-L, finally piping up</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#808080>Dan Deneen<BR clear=all>Strafford, Vermont<BR
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