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Toxcatl (Nahua festivals, festivals (celebrations), ... Events (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A springtime festival celebrating the deities Huitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca after which the veintena (a period of twenty days in the Nahua calendar) is also named. A famous massacre occured during Toxcatl in the year Ome Tecpatl (Two Flint, or 1520) when a small force led by Spanish conquistadores attacked celebrants in the temple precinct of Tenochtitlan. |
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Toxcatl (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,N)
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Toxcatl (Classical Nahuatl-P,D,U,N)
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Tóxcatl (C,U,Spanish,UF,L,N)
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Tozcatl (C,U,Classical Nahuatl,UF,U,N)
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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Ce ilhuitl tlen primabera tlen campa motlatlahtiah totiotzitzin Huitzilopochtli huan Tezcatlipoca, nouhquiya quiilliah cempohualtonatiuh (ce tlapohualli tlen cempohualli tonatiuh tlen tonalpohualli nahuatl). Ce huei tlahuilantli campa momictihqueh pannoc nepa Toxcatl ipan Ome Tecpatl (Ome tecpatl, zo 1520) quemman ce cualli teticcayotl huan cuecuetztzin tlen quinnahuatiyaya tlalquixtianih caxtillaz quitehuitoh nopa ilhuitl tlen mochihuayaya nepa tiopan tlen Tenochtitlan. |
Spanish ..... Una celebración de primavera que celebra a las deidades Huitzilopochtli y Tezcatlipoca, por lo que también se denomina una veintena (un período de veinte días en el calendario nahua). Una famosa masacre ocurrió durante Toxcatl en el año Ome Tecpatl (Dos pedernales, o 1520) cuando una pequeña fuerza liderada por los conquistadores españoles atacó a los celebrantes en el recinto del templo de Tenochtitlan. |
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Nahua calendar |
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(Mesoamerican calendar systems, <dating systems by specific type>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300438729] |
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