dangerous divine intoxicant

nahua

• Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans CONTENTS. / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. / INTRODUCTION. / RIG VEDA AMERICANA; lines 1612-1789 confidence: high

  The hymn says, "this creature was a fearful thing" and that the god "gives them to drink"; it also names "the temple by the water-reeds."

  Tezcatzoncatl gives drink in the hymn and is identified as a pulque deity; the notes say pulque was regarded as bad and dangerous and connect the Totochtin with drunkards.

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