According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

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 ...