Here we have an example of the connection between the links inside the story. You have to press on the links which are coloured and they will take you to the same page.

"He links people; he places people in order.

"It means: when one knew very well the genealogies of the lords, it was said of him:

"He links the people well; he places them in order. "

"And it was said of him who was a lord, an esteemed lord; he was called one's jewel, one's precious feather, one's beloved son."

Sister Stories is not an introduction to Aztec society. It deliberately invites you to read Nahuatl texts in English translation to arrive at your own sense of what these materials imply, evoke, hint at. Disorientation is the best kind of response one can have to the prospect of trying to make sense of a culture, now 500 years in the past, that grew from roots utterly distinct from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

But I don't want you to be discouraged. I have provided notes-- my own views, sometimes those of others-- on Aztec society in general, and on topics you may find difficult in particular. I hope you will defer reading these for now, but if you think some initial commentary will help, click on the links below for a start.

- Rosemary Joyce

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