According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, subject to the cycles of life and death. Axolotl then carries within itself the ...

From an Aztec god to Minecraft star. Why does Mexico love the axolotl so much? - Legend has it the axolotl was not always an ...

Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 16th century, axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or ...

All over Mexico, the peculiar, dragon-like amphibian can be spotted ... representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess — but ...

Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 16th century, axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or ...