[story] the crimes of xocoyotl

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author: xahra99 (xahra99)
email: xahra99 [at] yahoo.com

artist: caroline parker (website)
email: eviltigger99uk [at] yahoo.com

Comments

[ivory_and_horn]

Ahhh, this was so wonderful, and refreshingly different! The ending was lovely.

[xahra99]

Thanks! The thing that surprised me most when I was reading up on the Aztecs had to be their poetry.

[ivory_and_horn]

Are the songs that Xocoyotl sings actual bits of Aztec poetry?

[xahra99]

Yep...well, mostly.I adapted them a bit, because nobody really has any idea how the hell funeral liturgies went in that society anyway. People are still arguing whether the Aztec (or Mexica) really sacrificed people or whether their many MANY stone carvings of people having their intestines hacked out through their nipples were symbolic for something we haven't quite worked out yet.More informative and interesting facts can be found at the mexicolore website.
I should have included a glossary/bibliography, but I thought it would bore people.
And I'm hoping to get another Mexica story into the 'Historical Romance' issue of B*b*shousetsu.

[giethe]

This is a nice story. Thank you.

[xahra99]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had fun writing it and learning about Aztec mythology.