Xolotl

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Aztec deity death deity lightning deity underworld deity

Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec deity ⓘ
death deity ⓘ
lightning deity ⓘ
underworld deity ⓘ
appearsIn Codex Borbonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Codex Borgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
aspectOf Venus as evening star ⓘ
associatedWith Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ
death ⓘ
deformity ⓘ
dogs ⓘ
fire ⓘ
illness ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
monsters ⓘ
shapeshifting ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
twins ⓘ
underworld ⓘ
culture Aztec NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedAs dog-headed god ⓘ
dog-like monster ⓘ
skeleton ⓘ
domain evening star ⓘ
etymology name related to Nahuatl word for dog ⓘ
guidesTo Mictlan NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor guiding the dead through the nine levels of Mictlan ⓘ
refusing to be sacrificed in the creation of the Fifth Sun ⓘ
memberOfPantheon Aztec pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Aztec creation myths NERFINISHED ⓘ
parent Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xolotl (axolotl form) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relativeOf Tezcatlipoca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tlaloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
role guide of souls to the underworld ⓘ
psychopomp ⓘ
siblingOf Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol dog ⓘ
fire drill ⓘ
lightning ⓘ
transformsInto axolotl NERFINISHED ⓘ
maguey plant ⓘ
maize plant ⓘ
twinOf Quetzalcoatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedIn Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aztec mythology → hasCentralDeity → Xolotl ⓘ
Xoloitzcuintle dog breed → namedAfter → Xolotl ⓘ
subject surface form: Xoloitzcuintle