Morning Star Rising


Finally powered past the difficulties and I feel good about how things are unfolding (part of my problem was that I wasn't too terribly sure I was doing the right thing with the changes). Hoping for another good day.

My last copy of Codex Florentine finally arrived on Wednesday, this one the volume on rhetoric, and it's freakin' awesome! I'll have to read it and see about incorporating some uniquely Nahuatl sayings into the novel. The book basically covers prayers to Tezcatlipoca, ritual speeches the ruler would say when taking the Office of Revered Speaker, how one is supposed to address the ruler based on class, ritual speeches related to weddings and the birth of children, parental speeches to children about proper behavior based on gender, then of course the section of sayings. And while at B&N the same night, I bought a children's book on Aztecs, Incas & Maya, a DK Eyewitness book with wonderful pictures of textiles and artifacts. I love books that show everyday items like these rather than just focusing on art.