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329: 25: 448: 122: 208:, had become impregnated by a ball of feathers that she had tucked into her bodice. The children conspire to kill their mother, but their plan is thwarted when, upon approaching their mother, 1075: 374: 1411: 1290: 89: 61: 498: 405: 1065: 68: 42: 1295: 1406: 1391: 75: 367: 57: 1305: 108: 1360: 1240: 1185: 360: 46: 1280: 398: 1335: 82: 1140: 1100: 313:
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Jane, Hill (1998). "The revenge of Huitzilopochtli: A tale from Crónica X in Spanish and Nahuatl".
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Leon-Portilla, Miguel, ed. (1980). "The Birth of Huitzilopochtli, Patron God of the Aztecs".
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chased after his brothers, who, in fleeing their brother, became scattered all over the sky.
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are known as the "Four Hundred Southerners"; the gods of the northern stars are the
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sprang from the womb—fully grown and garbed for battle—and killed them.
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feel dishonored upon learning that their mother, the goddess
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