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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 04:10 PM
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Poll question: Was there ever a real Aztlán?
Nahuatl legends relate that seven tribes lived in Chicomoztoc, or "the place of the seven caves." Each cave represented a different Nahua group: the Xochimilca, Tlahuica, Acolhua, Tlaxcalan, Tepaneca, Chalca, and Mexica. Because of a common linguistic origin, those groups also are called "Nahuatlaca" (Nahua people). These tribes subsequently left the caves and settled "near" Aztlán, or Aztatlan.

The various descriptions of Aztlán are seemingly contradictory. While some legends describe Aztlán as a paradise, the Aubin Codex says that the Aztecs were subject to a tyrannical elite called the Azteca Chicomoztoca. Guided by their priest, the Aztec fled, and on the road, their god Huitzilopochtli forbade them to call themselves Azteca, telling them that they should be known as Mexica. Ironically, scholars of the 19th century—in particular, William H. Prescott—would name them "Aztec".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztl%C3%A1n

Kind of a home grown Atlantis myth..

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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 04:55 PM
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1. seguro, es real
Ha estado alli. En 1969 con Don Juan.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 04:56 PM
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2. ¿Es la verdad, si?
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 05:34 PM
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3. Señores... Permítanme una pequeña observación...
He estado (yo).
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 05:37 PM
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4. Of course it's real
Los Lobos wouldn't have said good morning to it if it wasn't.

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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 05:45 PM
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5. I think it's a website
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 06:11 PM
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6. Yes, and it rocks.
Try the number three combination plate.
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