Caballeros aguila y caballeros tigre (fwd)

[Michael Mccafferty]

See:

http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/cuauhtecuhtli


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Michael Mccafferty wrote:

>
> Earlier today i wrote Susana something to the effect that if by
> "caballero," she meant "man," that would be of course oquichtli, even
> tlacatl. Moteuczoma is called "tlacatl Moteuczoma" in the Florentine.
> And by that his subjects weren't saying just any old dude.
>
> That said,  I also mentioned that in the case of the eagle and jaguar
> warriors, teuctli,  commonly and obliquely written *tecuhtli, is probably
> what she is after.
>
> Michael
>
>