Huitzilopochtli

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

--- On Wed, 30/6/10, Leeming, Ben <b.leeming at rivers.org> wrote:
>  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

Random guesswork and writing whatever they like to advertize their group, likeliest.

Someone better write to them pointing out their error.

Citlalyani.

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