The Infidel; or, the Fall of Mexico. Vol. II.. Robert Bird

kissed it, her heart seemed to soften, and she shed many bitter tears, while pouring forth her broken and melancholy story.

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      Mexitli, the Terrible God.

      2

      Coatlicue, or Coatliquay, a religieuse, and sort of lady-abbess, of a mythic era. She was deified as the Goddess of Flowers. – A strange mother for such a son. But the Mexicans carried a sword in one hand, and a flower in the other.

      3

      The words of the god, yet unborn, when the life of Coatlicue was threatened by her human children.

1

Mexitli, the Terrible God.

2

Coatlicue, or Coatliquay, a religieuse, and sort of lady-abbess, of a mythic era. She was deified as the Goddess of Flowers. – A strange mother for such a son. But the Mexicans carried a sword in one hand, and a flower in the other.

3

The words of the god, yet unborn, when the life of Coatlicue was threatened by her human children.

4

The Hunchbacked Mountain, on the sides of which the Mexicans won their first recorded victory.

5

Pojautecatl, in Mexican.

6

Huehuetapallan, was the name of the unknown land, from which came all the hordes of Toltecs and Aztecs. One remarkable circumstance connected with the famous ruined city near to Palenque in Guatemala, seems to have escaped the theorists. It is said that the Indians call this city by the name of Huehuetapallan. It is far to the south of Mexico.

7

The Dahlia.

8

Arbol de las Manitas– the marvellous tree, of which, besides that in the present Botanic Garden, there are supposed to be but two more specimens in the land, unless known only to the Indians.

9

The Mexicans were accustomed to tame and domesticate certain harmless reptiles.