Aztec

Xolotl

The twin who takes the shift nobody else wants: downward, and at night.

5 chapters on the figure behind the card, researched in the Aztec mythology sources and reviewed before publication. See Xolotl’s card →

1. The Dog-Headed Twin One word in Nahuatl for a dog, a servant, and a salamander.
2. Down to the Bone-Place Somebody had to go down for the bones. Sources differ on who went along.
3. The Sun Would Not Move He ran out of shapes before he ran out of pursuers.
4. Guide of the Evening An unglamorous job, done reliably, in the dark.
5. The Salamander That Kept the Name His last hiding place is now a standard laboratory animal.

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