Nanih Waya

(Choctaw/chocatlauiz)=mound-hole of origin, Winston County, Miss.,=nantli uanyolqui(N)=mother parent,=nanuayol. chunkey(Choctaw ball game)=poles thrown after round ball, players painted in red swirls and swastikas(Naolin), suns and serpents,=chonequiztli(N)=delicate person,= chonecocoya/ochonecocox(N)=be possessed by the devil,=coxcox(N)=pheasant,=Coxcox=only male survivor of the flood, with wife, Xochiquetzal, they repopulated the earth but could not speak. the Great Spirit, Manitoa, took pity on them and sent them a dove to teach them language. only 15 learned, from them were descended the Toltecs and Aztecs.