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The axolotl or ajolote is an amphibian native to the lacustrine system of the Valley of Mexico, that has the ability to remain in a larval state even after reaching sexual maturity, a condition known as neoteny, thus leaving its metamorphosis incomplete. At first glance it looks like a tadpole with legs and a tail, with thin, pointed toes on each leg. This amazing Mexican amphibian measures an average of 25 centimeters, with specimens 30 or more centimeters long being extremely rare. During the 16th century it lived in the lacustrine complex of the Valley of Mexico in the lakes...

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Tezcatlipoca in Toltec mythology (and other Nahuatl-speaking Mesoamerican peoples), is the god of providence, of the invisible and of darkness. Among the Nahuas, Quetzalcóatl and Tezcatlipoca are duality and antagonism.Tezcatlipoca is the lord of the north side of the universe, identified as the Mictlán, or so called Mictlampa, course of the dead. He is associated with the color black, with the image of the Tecpatl or flint knife, presided over by Yayauhqui Tezcatlipoca (Dark mirror, highness).

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Consort of Xiuhtecutli, god of fire. Chantico is the goddess of volcanoes and fire, lady protector of precious personal treasures. According to the Rios Codex (an anonymous manuscript of the sixteenth century) the goddess Chantico is the female deity of fire.She is depicted with her face in black and red and her symbols were a red snake and cactus barbs. She was associated with heat and bright light and also figured with a bundle of rays on her back.

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Tepeyollotl, "heart of the mountain", in Mexica mythology, is the God of the mountains, of the echoes and of the tremors, also the patron of jaguars.Tepeyollotl is considered the God in the form of a jaguar that corresponds to one of the manifestations of the God Tezcatlipoca, a conclusion that has been reached because of its physical representation, since it carries with it the smoking mirror and the anauatl or pectoral characteristic of the image of Tezcatlipoca.

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Quetzalcóatl or Quetzalcōhuātzin, "Serpiente Emplumada", from quetzalli ‘feather’ and cōhuātl ‘serpent’, is one of the most important gods of Mesoamerican culture, sometimes considered the main divinity of the Mexica pantheon. The God of life, light, fertility, civilization and knowledge. This deity represents the duality between the physical condition of man, by his serpent body, and the spiritual part of him, by his feathers. Quetzalcóatl, according to Mexica mythology, had an evil twin, the God of darkness, named Tezcatlipoca, and while Quetzalcóatl was the creator of the world, Tezcatlipoca destroyed it.

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