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The Codex Xolotl (also known as Códice Xolotl) is a postconquest cartographic Aztec codex, thought to have originated before 1542. [1] It is annotated in Nahuatl and details the preconquest history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco in particular, from the arrival of the Chichimeca under the king Xolotl in the year 5 Flint (1224) to the ...
Xolotl statue displayed at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. Codex Borbonicus (p. 16) Xolotl is depicted as a companion of the Setting Sun. [4] He is pictured with a knife in his mouth, a symbol of death. [5] Xolotl was the sinister god of monstrosities who wears the spirally-twisted wind jewel and the ear ornaments of ...
Codex Xolotl - a pictorial codex recounting the history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco in particular, from Xolotl's arrival in the Valley to the defeat of Azcapotzalco in 1428. [ 40 ] Crónica Mexicayotl , Hernando Alvarado Tezozomoc , prose manuscript in the native tradition.
The animals are named for the Aztec god Xolotl, who was said to transform into a salamander. The original Nahuatl pronunciation is “AH-show-LOAT”; in English, “ACK-suh-LAHT-uhl” is ...
Codex Borgia page 43 depicts a Sun god with the bumpy skin of Nanahuatzin and the canine snout of Xolotl. Beneath this sun-bearing Xolotl/Nanahuatzin lies the source of maize-a nude corn goddess who has star symbols on her body. [2] A close relationship between Xolotl and Nanahuatzin exists. [3] Xolotl is probably identical with Nanahuatl. [4]
Atotoztli was sent away from Culhuacan on a boat when her father, King Achitometl, learned that Yacanex's army was headed to their city to capture the coveted princess by force. Codex Xolotl, an important indigenous document, shows Atotoztli leaving her kingdom in tears, as she escaped just before the arrival of Yacanex forces.
The journey from the first level to the ninth is difficult and takes four years, but the dead are aided by the psychopomp, Xolotl. The dead must pass many challenges, such as crossing a mountain range where the mountains crash into each other, a field with wind that blows flesh-scraping knives, and a river of blood with fearsome jaguars.
The axolotl can grow up to 12 inches and weigh anywhere from three to eight pounds, and its average lifespan in the wild is 10-15 years. Most axolotls are dark brown with some black speckling, but ...