SMALL SCENES
THE RABBIT PARTY
The Centzon Totochtin are a group of deities who met for frequent parties; they are divine rabbits, and the gods of drunkenness. Some of their named members include Texcatzonatl, Colhuatzincatl and Ometochtli.
THE CROSSROADS
Tzitzimime, the "monsters from above", are star demons. They are a group of minor Goddesses, the most important of which is Itzpapalotl, Obsidian Butterfly. They will come to collect the living after the end of the world, but they stalk the Black Heaven. Sent by Ehecatl to kick ass and deliver a message. Fight!
THE SWAMP MONSTER
Mapachtepec, Near the Hill of the Raccoon - a fight!
The Ahuizotl (AH-WEE-ZOTCH) is a legendary creature of Aztec mythology. It is half human, half monkey, with a hand protruding from the end of its tail. The Ahuizotl is greatly feared due to its liking for human flesh, especially nails, eyes, and teeth. It generally lives in or near the water and uses the hand on the end of its tail to snatch its prey. Raccoon hands, its name means "water monster" in Náhuatl.
TLALOCAN
Unending Springtime, with an abundance of green foilage and edible plants of the region.
Tlalocan is reserved for those who have drowned or have otherwise been killed by manifestations of water, such as by flood, by diseases associated with water, or in storms by strikes of lightning. It was also the destination after death for others considered to be in Tlaloc's charge, most notably the physically deformed.
Pahecatl's deity impersonator Ciuxtli Coatl (Kite Snake) is here hanging out with Tlaloc. Mistaken identity?
EHECATL
In Mictlan, a four year journey. How do you kill incorporeal wind?
The king of Mictlan is Mictlantecuhtli. Mictlan is the lowest (ninth) level of the underworld, located far to the north. Except for warriors who died in battle, people who died when hit by lightning and women who died in childbirth, people went to Mictlan after death. The journey was difficult and took four years, but the dead were aided by the psychopomp, Xolotl.
FIVE FLOWERS
In a roadhouse in Anahuac, on the road to Tehuantepec at Miacatla, "Place abundant with arrows."
Posing as a wealthy Pochtecatl, with a caravan and bodyguards. Gambling and fucking around. Fight or challenge!
PATECATL
In the Heaven of Stillborn Children, among the breast trees, contemplating and all alone. WIlling to die if mastered in some challenge - wits? Skill?