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CHAPTER IX

Iztac Mixcoatl was, indeed, the Chichimec Adam, the father of the tribe. A hymn to the gods of the hunt, of whom Mixcoatl was the chief, is as follows:

Song of the Cloud-serpents

I

Out of the seven Caverns he sprung (was born).

II

Out of the land of the prickly plant he sprung.

III

I came down (was born)

I came down

With my spear made of the prickly plant

I came down

I came down

With my spear of the prickly plant.

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