Notes for Song II
On the signification of the titles given to this poem see the Introduction, § 3.
1. yehnan Dios; literally “who are God;” the introduction of the Spanish Dios, God, is in explanation of in tloque in nahuaque; so far from proving that this song is of late date, this vouches for its genuine ancient character, through the necessity for such explanation.
2. nelhuayotl, the essence or source of something, its true nature; probably from nelli, true.
teoquecholme; the prefix teotl, divine, is often added as an expression of admiration. Sahagun mentions the teoquechol as a bird of brilliant plumage.