Headword:
Tlazaloc.
Principal English Translation:
a name; for example, Tlazaloc Mixcoac was killed by Acxotecatl Xochimemetzin (see our entry for Acxotecatl); and a Tlazaloc is named in sixteenth-century censuses of Tlaxcala
possibly a form of the verb tlaza, preterit and passive: "He Was Thrown"
or, possibly a firemaker (see attestations)
Attestations from sources in English:
"quiyehecohtiuh îca in îmamalihuaca in îtlâzalôca" = il vient faire des essais avec son bâton à feu, avec son instrument pour allumer le feu = he went about making trials with his drill, the firemaker. Sahagún Book 7,27. Form: forme possédée sur tlâzalôni, n.d. instr.
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