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Chichimecatlalli.

Headword: 
Chichimecatlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

the land of the Chichimeca (a.k.a., the Chichimecs, or los chichimecas); this region is located north of central Mexico (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

The Nahuatl text in the Digital Florentine Codex (translated by Anderson and Dibble) refers to the dry climate of the North and the way people suffer from thirst and hunger, which can lead to death. (1570s, central Mexico)
Sahagún, Bernardino de, Antonio Valeriano, Alonso Vegerano, Martín Jacobita, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Diego de Grado, Bonifacio Maximiliano, Mateo Severino, et al. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (Florentine Codex), Ms. Mediceo Palatino 218–20, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MiBACT, 1577. Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter, Alicia Maria Houtrouw, Kevin Terraciano, Jeanette Peterson, Diana Magaloni, and Lisa Sousa, bk. 11, fol. 231r. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/231r . Accessed 9 January 2026. The image on this page shows a hunter, wearing only a loincloth and using a bow and arrow to hunt a deer. The iconic bow and arrow have a strong association with northern peoples, and the men were the hunters.

themes: 
Hunting or Fishing
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry
Women, Men, Gender