Centzonmimixcoa
Sign in to saveIn Aztec mythology, the ' ( or ': the "Four Hundred Mimixcoa", Cloud Serpents) are the gods of the northern stars. They are sons of Camaxtle-Mixcoatl with the Earth Goddess (Tlaltecuhtli or Coatlicue), according to the Codex Ramírez, or Tonatiuh (the Fifth Sun) with Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of the seas.
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In Aztec mythology, the ' ( or ': the "Four Hundred Mimixcoa", Cloud Serpents) are the gods of the northern stars. They are sons of Camaxtle-Mixcoatl with the Earth Goddess (Tlaltecuhtli or Coatlicue), according to the Codex Ramírez, or Tonatiuh (the Fifth Sun) with Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of the seas.
According to the Manuscript of 1558, section 6, these 400 'Cloud-Serpents' were divinely slain [transformed into stars] in this wise; of their five protagonists: ('Eagle's Twin') "hid inside a tree"; ('Cloud Serpent') "hid within the earth"; ('Hawk Mountain') "hid within a hill"; ('River Lord') "hid in the water"; their sister, , "hid in the ball-court."
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