Hymn to Cihuacoatl

Daniel G. Brinton, 1890 · 8 verses · Read at the source

13.1Quilaztli, plumed with eagle feathers, with the crest of eagles, painted with serpents' blood, comes with her hoe, beating her drum, from Colhuacan.

13.2She alone, who is our flesh, goddess of the fields and shrubs, is strong to support us.

13.3With the hoe, with the hoe, with hands full, with the hoe, with hands full, the goddess of the fields is strong to support us.

13.4With a broom in her hands the goddess of the fields strongly supports us.

13.5Our mother is as twelve eagles, goddess of drum-beating, filling the fields of tzioac and maguey like our lord Mixcoatl.

13.6She is our mother, a goddess of war, our mother, a goddess of war, an example and a companion from the home of our ancestors (Colhuacan).

13.7She comes forth, she appears when war is waged, she protects us in war that we shall not be destroyed, an example and companion from the home of our ancestors.

13.8She comes adorned in the ancient manner with the eagle crest, in the ancient manner with the eagle crest.