Mexican mythology

Nahua woman who was the interpreter, advisor, and intermediary to Hernán Cortés

Region in Northwest Mexico

thumb|Duendecitos by Francisco Goya, 1799 thumb|Model of a duende

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An alux (Mayan: , plural: ''aluxo'ob'' ) is a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula, Belize and Guatemala, also called Chanekeh or Chaneque by the Nahuatl people. Aluxo'ob are conceived of as being small, only about knee-high, and in appearance resembling miniature traditionally dressed Maya people. Tradition holds that aluxob are generally invisible but are able to assume physical form for purposes of communicating with and frightening humans as well as to congregate. They are generally associated with natural features such a