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Precisely so the Mexican emperor Ixcoatl is mentioned in the Aztec manuscripts under the figure of a serpent _coatl_, pierced by obsidian knives _ixtli_, and Moquauhzoma by a mouse-trap _montli_, an eagle
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Thus _coatl_, in the Aztec tongue, is a word frequently appearing in the names of divinities.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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The latter part of the name, _coatl_, has in Aztec three entirely different meanings.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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Let us go back; the skin of the _maquiz coatl_ enables the blind to see.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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"You killed a _maquiz coatl_ -- a two-headed serpent!" cried the Indian.
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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Porto Bf-llo, a leaport of S Ame - rica, on the N coatl ot the ifthmus of Darien, with a h\y, e and commodious h. irbiHir.
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_Citlallicue_, the Star-skirted or the Milky Way, _Citlalatonac_, the Star that warms, or The Morning, and _Chicome coatl_, the Seven Serpents. [
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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