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Coatlcaltzintli

the venerable serpent house

The city is spread out in circles of jade,
radiating flashes of light like quetzal plumes,
Beside it the lords are borne in boats:
over them extends a flowery mist.

~Nahuatl poem 22

As we build our personal snake house and patch the protective Coatepantli wall of serpents, peruse these resources:

John Pohl's
MESOAMERICA : TENOCHTITLÁN

Tenotchtitlan and Templo Mayor
by Susana Sanderson

Coatepantli, Temple Mayor and Tenochtitlan
photos by Maxime Chambreuil

About serpents: An Icon of Aztec Art
at The Brittish Museum

Overhead Map
of Tenochtitlan Sacred Precinct

Please don't feed the cocoah.
Eat them? Perhaps.

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