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Edgar explains how to pronounce the name of the Aztec Cosmic Caiman from the Mexica Nahuatl language! He suggests a case for the name's origins in the Teenek language of the Huaxtec civilization, of northern Mesoamerica.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Thipaak / Sipak in Teenek Mayan
3:25 Cipactli in Nahuatl
5:00 Zipacna in the Popol Vuh

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References:
Johansson K., P. 2012 La Imagen del Huasteco en el Espejo de la Cultura Náhuatl Prehispánica. Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 44:65-133.
Ochoa, L. and G. Gutierrez. 1996-99 Notas en Torno a la Cosmovisión y Religión de los Huaxtecos. Anales de Antropologia 33:91-163.
Multepal 2017 Información básica (Zipacna). Online resource available at https://multepal.spanitalport.virgini..., accessed March 9, 2022.
Schwaller, J.F. 1998 Review of Myths of Ancient Mexico, by M. Graulich. Online resource available at https://networks.h-net.org/node/23910..., accessed March 9, 2022.