From: Blue Panther Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 7:43 AM To: CherokeeChat ; Dan Perry Subject: Hymn of the High Priest of Xipe Totec – Aztec Hymn of the High Priest of Xipe Totec – Aztec Taken from the following books, edited and translated by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton: “Rig Veda Americanus,” Philadelphia, 1890 and “Ancient Nahuatl Poetry,” Philadelphia, 1887. The nightly drinking, why should I oppose it? Go forth and array yourselves in the golden garments, clothe yourselves in the glittering vestments. My god descended upon the water, into the beautiful glistening surface; he was as a lovely water cypress, as a beauteous green serpent; now I have left behind me my suffering. I go forth, I go forth about to destroy, I, Yoatzin; my soul is in the cerulean water; I am seen in the golden water; I shall appear unto mortals; I shall strengthen them for the words of war! My god appears as a mortal; 0 Yoatzin, thou art seen upon the mountains; I shall appear unto mortals; I shall strengthen them for the words of war.