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Huitec.
Headword:
Huitec.
Principal English Translation:
a personal name; the name given Quetzaltehueyac in the Historia Tolteca Chichimeca after he pounded the cave and hill at Chimaliztac and broke the "borde" in a symbolic act of creation; Huitec is said to mean "golpeador," but it also has the connotation of one who can throw lightning strikes
(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Attestations from sources in English:
This can translate as hitter or pounder, but given the symbolic meaning of creation in which we have seen it used, it may have a manly, sexual connotation. (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
…quetzalteueyac nopiltzin tlatouani quetzalteueyac tla xicuitequi yn oztotl y coliuhquitepetl…niman ya conuitequi yn oztotl yn tepetl yn quetzalteueyac ya yc tentlapani yn oztoc [y]c oppa ya quicui yn itoca uitec yn quetzalteueyac = Mi pilli, tlatouani Quetzalteueyac, a ver, golpea la cueva, al Coliuhquitepetl…Luego ya Quetzalteueyac golpea a la cueva, al cerro; por lo cual se rompió el borde de la cueva. Quetzalteueyac toma por segundo nombre el de Uitec [golpeador]…Pensamos que el hecho de golpear la cueva se refiere aquí a un acto de creación, al acontecimiento primordial de golpear y abrir la tierra o la cueva para que de ahí surja el ser humano. (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)