What is "atl."

Usage examples of "atl.".

She hissed something in Náhuatl. I did not recognize the word, but the meaning was clear.

In the middle of this compound was the Temple of Quetzalcóatl. This temple—a stepped pyramid like those of the Sun and the Moon—had dramatic sculptured representations of Quetzalcóatl, the Plumed Serpent, and the Fire Serpent, the bearer of the Sun on its diurnal journey across the sky each day.

I told the trapped dwarf, first in Spanish and then repeated it in Náhuatl. He began struggling to get free even as I was slashing the ropes.

Scholars could offer no translation for his name but his principal symbol, like that of Quetzalcoatl, was a serpent.

Votan, for example, was often referred to as the grandson of Quetzalcoatl. Itzamana and Kukulkan were sometimes confused by the Indians who transmitted their legends to Spanish chroniclers shortly after the conquest.

He had found his short spear and his spear-throwing stick, which the humanoids called an atl-atl. He was taking aim on Ripple's retreating back when Trap whipped out a stone and sent it flying toward the bugbear.

DOUGLAS NILES "Most Revered Counselor," Caracatl began solemnly, just a trace of a tremor in his voice, "the fire that burns in the sky above Nexal is indeed a sign, obviously from crimson Tezca.

But while Caracatl's skin was lined with dirt and ash, Atl-Ollin's was scrubbed clean.

An arrogant boor of a young warrior, Callatl never let her pass without making a rude comment, gesture, or worse.

Though Callatl's prowess as a warrior was far short of the ideal, Erix feared him nevertheless.

The girl knew nothing of talonmagic, could not know that sorcery of sinister nature had just settled around her and Callatl, a spell sent by Hoxitl and the Ancient Ones, far away in the Highcave.

It shattered on the tile lip of the bathtub, and a jagged shard struck Callatl's knee, drawing blood.

She spun and dashed for the door, but Callatl dove instantly after her.

Callatl shrieked, mindless with agony, heedless of 4O IRONHELM the sound echoing through the garden, around the courtyard and into the sprawling house.

Callatl's fingers reached, clawlike, for her face as she slammed the shard into her attacker's throat.