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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.
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]
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 ...
During the 19th century, the word 'codex' became popular to designate any pictorial manuscript in the Mesoamerican tradition. In reality, pre-Columbian manuscripts are, strictly speaking, not codices, since the strict librarian usage of the word denotes manuscript books made of vellum, papyrus and other materials besides paper, that have been sewn on one side. [1]
The axolotl is a unique creature that scientists study to determine how they remain youthful throughout their lives and regrow their limbs after a loss.
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.