{"id":147,"date":"2015-02-03T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calmecacanahuac.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2015-02-03T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:32:18","slug":"izcalli-the-month-of-xiutecuhtli-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calmecacanahuac.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/izcalli-the-month-of-xiutecuhtli-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Izcalli: the month of Xiutecuhtli and children"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"stretching\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Izcalli is the seventeeth\u00a0month of the year. \u00a0This month was devoted to both Xiutecuhtli and children. \u00a0The word Izcalli translates to “the growing” and during the month, parents lifted their children by their neck to represent their growth.<\/p>\n

Xiutecuhtli –<\/p>\n

\"Xiuhtecuhtli_(mask)\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“On the tenth day of this month they made a new
\nfire at midnight, before the image of Xiuhtecutli,
\nwhich was] very curiously adorned. And, the fire
\nhaving been lit, then, in the morning, the young men
\nand boys came, and they brought various animals
\nwhich they had hunted in the ten preceding d a y s –
\nsome water [animals] and some land [animals]. And
\nthey offered them to the old men who were charged
\nwith safeguarding this god. And these cast into the
\nfire all of those animals, so that they would cook.
\nAnd they gave each one of these young men and
\nboys a tamal made with amaranth, which they called
\nuauhquiltamalli, which everyone in the city offered
\nupon that day. All ate of these in honor of the feast
\nday. They ate them very hot, and they drank and
\nmade merry” (Florentine Codex, page 33).<\/p>\n

Children –<\/p>\n

\"izcallipic\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was still early morning when was begun the
\npiercing of the ear [lobes], when they pierced the
\near [lobes] of the small children. And they pasted
\nthem with yellow parrot feathers and with soft
\n[white] feathers which went mingled with the
\nyellow ones.
\nAnd for a gift they made pinole.23 And the
\nmothers sought out some brave warrior, perhaps a
\nseasoned warrior or a leader of youths who might
\nwish to be as a parent, thus to become [their children’s]
\nuncle. Also some sought out a woman who
\nmight be as an aunt.<\/p>\n

They gave gifts to the man; they gave him perchance a tawny\u00a0cape or a coyote fur cape. And also
\nthe woman\u00a0was given gifts; they also gave gifts to
\nher. \u00a0And\u00a0when there had been the piercing of ear lobes
\n,\u00a0thereupon they took each of the children to
\nsinge them\u00a0. They laid a fire, they made a fire; indeed
\nmuch\u00a0incense did they spread on the fire.
\nAnd hence\u00a0was it said: “They are singed.” The
\nold men of the calpulli were spread about taking
\nthe small children; they were spread about dedicating:
\nthem over the fire. Then they were spread about
\ngiving them uncles and aunts. And it was as if the
\nchildren kept crying out, it was as if they whimpered.
\nThen they went each to his home.
\nAnd when they had gone to their homes, thereupon
\nthere was eating, there was drinking on the
\npart of each one.
\nAnd when the singing and dancing were begun in
\nthe temple, it was noon. Then once again there
\nwas going\u00a0to the temple. The uncles [and] the
\naunts\u00a0carried the children. Those who carried things
\nwent with the pulque; what was poured they carried
\nin small\u00a0gourds, some in earthen jars. And when
\nthey went to arrive, there was singing there. Then was quieted the dance; they carried the children on their backs. \u00a0There they were spread\u00a0about giving
\nthem pulque; they went giving it to them; they gave
\nit to one another.
\nAnd for drinking,\u00a0for drinking the pulque, there
\nwere quite small drinking vessels; only exceedingly small ones. \u00a0And all\u00a0were giving pulque to the small
\nchildren. \u00a0Hence this was named “pulque drinking for
\nchildren.”
\nAnd in the evening, when there had been ceasing
\non the part of each,\u00a0there was going on the part of
\neach to their several homes. And when there had
\nbeen going on the part of\u00a0each to their several\u00a0homes, once again they danced in their courtyards. \u00a0All the kin of those who celebrated, each one, drank pulque – the revered old men, the revered old women \u00a0(Florentine Codex, page 164-165).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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