Iztac tepetl

See also: iztac tepetl

Classical Nahuatl
Iztaccíhuatl

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Iztāc tepētl

  1. Iztaccíhuatl, a mountain in Mexico.
    • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
      qujnpiquiz: quetzalcoatl, in chalchivitl ycue, in tlaloc: popucatepetl, iztac tepetl, poiauhtecatl: yoan in çaço quezqujtetl tepetl in qujnteneoaz in qujpiquiz.
      (he would mold representations of Quetzalcoatl, Chalchiuitl ycue, Tlaloc, Popocatepetl, Iztac tepetl, Poiauhtecatl, and any other mountain of which they would choose to make representations.)

References
  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 47
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