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a blue dart thrower
(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Legend has it that Huitzilopochtli was born arrayed for war so that he could defeat his siblings, the Centzonhuitznahua (led by Coyolxauhqui). He was carrying a teueuelli [tehuehuelli)] some darts, and his dart thrower, all blue in color. The dart thrower was called the xiuatlatl. [xiuhatlatl] (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Un signo de color turquesa que tiene el sentido de guerra, que aparece en el Códice Mendoza (ff. 2v, 10r, 12r, etc.) al lado del difrasismo (o digrafismo) rodela y flechas, es similar a "imágenes de Tezcatlipoca en el Códice Telleriano-Remensis (en adelante TR) (ff. 3v, 6v), con la glosa xiuhatlatli, 'atlatl de turquesa', así que en el Mendoza debe tratarse del mismo implemento." (p. 89)