Packet 8: Tossup 7

Severed middle fingers and locks of hair imbued with energy from this action were placed on eagle warriors’ shields. This action produced items called xictli (“SHICKT-lee”), which were ritually buried in hearths or battlefields. A deity of both war and this action (10[1])helped (10[1])Quetzalcoatl (-5[1])grind up old bones to create humanity. (-5[1])People doing this action were handed miniature (-5[1])spears by a tlamatlquiticitl (10[1]-5[1])(“tlah-mottle-kee-TEE-see-tull”), who would shout war cries and analogize this (10[1])action to a warrior taking a captive. (10[1])Cihuacoatl (“see-wa-co-AT-ul”) governed this action, which could result in the creation of skull-faced spirits (-5[1])called cihuateteo (10[1])(“see-wa-tay-TAY-oh”). Coatlicue (-5[1])(“co-at-LEE-kway”) did this action (10[1])as Coyolxauhqui (“co-yohl-SHAO-kee”) attacked her (10[1])for dishonoring (-5[3])their family. (-5[1])In Aztec cosmology, souls (-5[1])who died (10[1])doing this action share (10[1])an afterlife with warriors. (10[1])For 10 points, Coatlicue did what action to produce (-5[1])a fully armed (10[2])Huitzilopochtli (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

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