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| | aztec folktale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Axaiacatzin, King of Mexico, and other lords sent their daughters to King Nezahualpilli, for him to choose one to be his queen and lawful wife, whose son might succeed to the inheritance, she who had the highest claims among them, for nobility of birth and rank, was Chachiuhnenetzin, the young daughter of the Mexican King. |
 | | She had been brought up by the monarch in a seperate palace, with great pomp, and with numerous attendants, as became the daughter of so great a monarch. |
 | | This tale is an example of Aztec folklore, it teaches a lesson, in a uniquely Aztec way, incorporating themes of sacrifice and royalty. |
| www.astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/nmexico/aztec.folktale.html (818 words) |
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