Talk:Mayahuel

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Spelling

I edited this to correctly link to Centzon Totochtin. It obvy refers to the same thing. However article spells this 'Totochin'. Is there a dialect difference? Or is this mispelled? --ADStark (talk) 16:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I gather that the Classical Nahuatl word for rabbit is one of those nouns that in the singular construction can take either of the absolutive suffixes -tli or -in, so both tōchtli and tōchin are acceptable singular variations. However, in either case I think the plural construction reduplicates the initial syllable and replaces the absolutive with the plural suffix -tin. So tōtōchtin is certainly correct, and it's likely that tōtōchin is misspelled, although it just might be some irregular but acceptable variation. However, IANANL (I am not a nahuatl linguist), so I dunno about that. Suggest we use tōtōchtin to be on the safe side. --cjllw ʘ TALK 01:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Even if totochin wasn't a mistake, totochtin is much more common, and would be preferred on those grounds alone. --Ptcamn (talk) 02:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, agreed. I've begun a rewrite of the article in any case, since it seems a fair bit was just copied from this site.

Does anyone know where the story of Mayahuel being the "mother" of the centzon totochtin originates from? I haven't been able to track that down as yet. Cheers, --cjllw ʘ TALK 08:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Xochipilli & Mayahuel? Make up your mind.

From the Xochipilli page:

His wife was the human girl Mayahuel

From the Mayahuel page:

Mayahuel is the wife of Patecatl.

make up your mind. --Lo'oris (talk) 11:38, 21 October 2010 (UTC)