From Classic Texts: Few Female Names

• Sahagun’s General History, Persons and Deities: 436 Names, 47 occur in Cline’s Libro de Tributos, but only 2 female names.

• Garibay’s Llave del Nahuatl: 12 pages of names but all male.

• Schroeder’s genealogies for Chalco: 2 dozen female names--3 ordinary ones.

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