(te)cuacuilli

[Mark David Morris]

Joe and List,

That is a very interesting puzzle.  You may note that the only other
context where your Florentine glossary registers the two joined syllables
CUACUILLI is for the epiglottis, alluding to swallowing.  One prominent
example of these priests is the TECCIZCUACUILLI who dons the skin of
Toci's ixiptla after her decapitation.  From there, I have related as a
reference to the consumptive dimension of the feminine earth deity.  I
would counter-offer then that TECUACUILLI might be descriptive of these
priests' role in offering people for divine consumption.

Thank you very much for clarifying xopehua; is there anything that comes
to mind for topehua?

best,
Mark Morris



















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La muerte tiene permiso a todo

MDM, PhD Candidate
Dept. of History, Indiana Univ.