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maize
1. Add salt, butter or 2 cups Green maize off the cob
2. Such are potatoes and maize, or what
3. ears of yellow and white maize and lived separately
4. One summer, with the men in the fields working the maize and the wheat, a group of boys were playing catch-wolf near the woods
5. ” ‘Korn’ in German means ‘cereals’ in English, so instead of wheat and rye we received a shipload of maize (corn) instead
6. Pounding maize corn was the most strenuous of these activities but, once Unica’s back had toughened up a little, she enjoyed working with Liloe at the rhythmic lifting and pounding in turn of her timber pestle into a large wooden mortar of corn
7. That night he took more maize wine than he had become accustomed to and felt dizzy
8. Three days later as the sun was going down, Coatl casually walked in and asked if there was any food and some maize brew, mother served him a huge meal and he ate the lot in record time, helping it down with a jug of brew
9. That evening, because of Coatl’s presence, we had a silent meal, it was the first time I could ever remember Mocal keeping her tongue still for so long, Coatl tried a few times to start a conversation, but each time it lapsed into silence, when the meal was all cleared away, mother brought us the jug of maize brew, and we settled down to talk, mother said, as soon as she was seated comfortable
10. That seemed to satisfy her, she brought a jug of maize water, and returned to her packing, humming a popular tune she had heard in the square
11. Coatl and I went over the strategy for the next day, although he wanted me to escort mother and the last of the stragglers to the stronghold, I insisted that as I was the High Chief of the Toltec nation, I had to take part in the first confrontation, he argued long and hard on this point, even trying to ally mother to his way of thinking, she told him she was too busy for childish arguments and to sort it out ourselves, he gave in then and told me I would co-ordinate the Toxon squad, that no harm was to befall the captain of the tax collectors except by his hand, all the other settlements had received their instructions, he was confident of a satisfactory conclusion to our first days activity, a couple of more jugs of maize brew and we were both ready for some rest
12. It reminded me of the way maize stalks fell before the scythe, one moment they had been proud warriors returning home and in an instant they had become carrion, there is little honour in killing from hiding but there was a kind of beauty in the flawless execution of their demise
13. Mother went to arrange for the refreshments and Jodas and I questioned Coatl but to no avail, he refused to speak about his surprise until we were all comfortably settled again, with a drink of maize brew in his hand he had our undivided attention
14. It was like shooting at turkey’s in a maize crop, it amazed us that they just kept eating
15. Mother said she would get another jug of maize beer and was quite willing to leave this decision to the men folk, however she did mention one idea before she left the room
16. Bunda being less trusting than we were quickly intercepted him and made him drink some of the maize brew he had delivered, it was this small precaution that woke me up to the hard fact that we were indeed an occupation force and as such would not be accepted by everyone
17. It was not long before we had some feedback about the expulsion of the priests from government posts, Wedon came and said he had sent messengers to mother, Jodas, and Coatl to meet us to hear his news so I sent for refreshments while we waited, two jugs of maize beer later we were all assembled, and Wedon began
18. We entered and as soon as we were seated the maize brew arrived and Coatl questioned us all, wanting to know what had been happening, as though he’d been away from the city, actually that is about as close as we are likely to get to his recent condition, I was so full of joy that he had returned to us that the brew went straight to my head, not only mine but Wedon and Jodas as well, Wedon and Coatl sang a bawdy duet that I had last heard in the square of Xocanti, Jodas and I lending support with the chorus, the songs got lewder as the brew flowed faster, we were four friends on a mission to unconsciousness and, according to Bunda, we all succeeded in that mission at about the same time
19. My world consisted of my mother, the house, our workers, two fields of maize, each twenty acres in area, and mother also had a small garden at the back of the house where she grew our herbs, marrows and melons
20. With that comment she turned and we followed her outside, the party was beginning to get lively, dancing had started to the rhythm of drums and pipes, the men were dancing in a circle to the left, the women went to the right, Mocal, my mothers friend, gave Coatl and I another cup of beer I thanked her and Coatl picked up on this and also thanked her in fluent Nahuatl, which impressed her enough to start her giggling, I looked again at this white man who never ceased to impress me, he seemed to have a mighty thirst for the brewed maize so I gave him mine and went in search of Jodas, I couldn’t imagine anyone getting the better of Coatl but I had always heeded my mothers advice so when I found Jodas I told him what mother had said, he grasped the situation immediately and hurried away to talk to his men, all that night and for most of the next day, everywhere that Coatl went there were two warriors lounging nearby, it was never the same two, but two were always present
21. I grinned at her and nodded, the colour came to her face and she stammered something and ran off back towards home, I ambled after her, Coatl had been conspicuous by his absence, and mother told me he was sleeping off the effects of consuming a gigantic amount of maize brew
22. We visited hundreds of dwellings and small villages as well as the main centres of Tulancingo, Santaros, Vincoso and everywhere there were signs of a people who were slowly being ground down by taxes and overwork, after three weeks we finally neared Xocanti, the followers now numbered in the thousands, but Wedon the high priest and all the villagers, man, woman and child, came out to escort us into the village, carrying food and drink for as many as wanted it, I began to worry that this selflessness would seriously leave Xocanti short of food but Wedon assured me that was not the case, it was a joyous reunion for me and Coatl, when Jodas and his troop of warriors marched up and as one knelt in front of us, I told them to rise and we all hugged and punched and rolled about in the dirt, even Coatl joined in the fun, not a very dignified entrance for the Most High chief of all the Tolteca, but knowing these people like we did no-one took exception to their chief wrestling on the ground and having a bit of fun, mother hearing about it later congratulated me and called it a stroke of political statesmanship unequalled ever, it was only later that I realised how right she was, that one bit of fooling around had endeared me to all who witnessed it, it had achieved more maybe than all the pomp and ceremony of our long march, I didn’t have the heart to tell her it was impromptu, trust mother to immediately sort the maize from the chaff
23. Mother then left the room, returning with food and two mugs of the maize brew that Coatl liked so much
24. Ndareda smelt of the maize stored in guniyas (hesian sacks) in what could have otherwise passed as a dining room
25. The bags were full of vegetables and cereals; potatoes, tomatoes, cabbages, brinjals, peas, onions, chilies and dals; and sacks were packed with rice, wheat and maize
26. Ancient Mesoamerican magicians created maize from the native grass teosinte thousands of years ago in a manner which thoroughly baffles modern botanists, since the genetic manipulation techniques required for this transmutation have only existed for the last twenty years
27. Modern Native Americans maintain that same attitude of reverence towards maize
28. The Mayan priests whom I have met are very humble (most of them are subsistence maize farmers from the countryside), and yet they have a commanding presence
29. The Lord Aj, the maize plant, is then invoked
30. Kat is the net, like the net bags in which maize is stored
31. The priest invokes this Lord to bring the people together like nets bring together the ears of maize
32. The priest calls upon this Lord to bless the maize seeds, the bean seeds, the seeds of every cultivated plant; also to bless the leaves of all plants
33. Although the Mayan Indians of Central America are, for the most part, subsistence maize farmers (i
34. He is invoked at ceremonies which take place several times yearly, at the times of the planting (April), cultivating (July), and harvesting (October) of the maize crop
35. Candles or maize stalks are placed in the coffin as substitutes for surviving relatives, so that the dead soul doesn’t return to take its loved ones with it; and when the family leaves the home for the cemetery, an old woman remains behind to sweep the house and bid the dead soul to depart with the body
36. Some of these sacred objects are foodstuffs, particularly maize, beans, and sugar cane; and religious objects such as the cross, incense, candles, and harp
37. If maize is insulted (by being wasted, for example) then it loses its power to protect itself against mice and weevils, and it won’t germinate when used for seed
38. Besides disrespectful treatment, the soul of the maize can be lost by leaving a ladder standing against the house in whose rafters the maize is stored (the soul of the maize will slither down the ladder and get lost)
39. As mentioned previously, special all-night propitiatory ceremonies are done to bless the seed maize, which is fed with turkey soup, cacao, and boj (fermented cane juice), and the blood of sacrificial chickens
40. Besides seed maize, religious objects such as the cross, harp, and shakche (decorated arch of liquidamber boughs placed at the entrance of the house) must be ceremoniously fed with boj liquor, or else they lose their protective power (for example, the harp won’t play properly and the arch will permit disruptive people and influences into the house)
41. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 at 7:24 pm, which corresponds to the Chol Qij nagual 9 Aj, or maize plant
42. Here Aj symbolizes the maize plant in the house of the grandmother of Hunajpu and Ishbalankej (twin heroes of the Popul Vuh legend)
43. In this story, Hunajpu and Ishbalankej journeyed to the underworld to avenge the murder of their father; but before leaving they planted two maize plants in their grandmother’s house, saying that if these plants should dry up, it would mean they had died
44. It signifies home, family, corn field (practically all Mayan men are subsistence maize farmers), offspring, stability, renovation, and the staff of power
45. Aj symbolizes command and success in public office (the maize plant or cornstalk also symbolizes the scepter of command which is the mark of office of Mayan community leaders)
46. Maize originated in Mexico, and within two hundred years had spread the length of North
47. They carried a white kernel of maize on their backs
48. In my hump I carry seeds; those of maize, beans,
49. Thus children must be sacrificed continuously to enable the maize to grow and mankind to live from the maize
50. and hopeless, and as a result, he would typically stop tending to the maize, and abandon his
