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The name is a compound of two words, "quetzal-cohuatl" -- and is, says Mr. Bandelier, a fair specimen of an Indian personal name.
The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen
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Metaphorically, _cohuatl_ meant something mysterious, and hence a supernatural being, a god.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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It means a guest, also twins, and lastly, as a syncopated form of _cohuatl_, a serpent.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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The signification of the names of this day, except that of the Nahuatl calendar -- _cohuatl_, "serpent" -- appears to be uncertain.
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[E] In the Aztec language, _cihuatl_ signifies "woman," and _cohuatl_ signifies "serpent."
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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[49 - ‡] Pedro de los Rios, in his notes to the Codex Vaticanus, published in Kingsborough’s great work, assigns the sign, _cohuatl_, the serpent, to “il membro virile, il maggio augurio di tutti gli altri.”
Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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