Cipactli
demonic water Aztec single tradition · 3
A sea monster from Aztec tradition. It is a hybrid creature combining features of a crocodile and a fish.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1300 CE
- Attested period
- 1300 – 1600
- Historical notes
- Aztec sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Cipitio, Cirein cròin, Coblynau, Cockatrice, Cofgod, Coinchenn, Colo Colo, Corycian nymphs, Cretan Bull, Crinaeae, Criosphinx, Crocotta, The Cu Bird, Cuco, Cucuy, Cuegle, Cuélebre, Curruid, Cu Sith, Cŵn Annwn, Cyhyraeth, Cynocephalus, Tezcatlipōca, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlalcihuatl, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopoctli, Xipe-Totec, Chullachaki, curupira, Cyclops, Medusa, Chromandi, Chrysaor, Chrysomallus, Chukwa, Chupacabra, Church grim, Churel, Chut, Ciguapa, Cihuateteo, Cikavac, Cinnamon bird
- enemy of
- Tezcatlipōca
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Cipactli (Aztec) – Sea monster, crocodile-fish hybrid”
#4229 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“This is an allusion to the creation myth, in which Tezcatlipoca loses his foot battling with the earth monster Cipactli”
#33035 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl create the Earth from the body of Cipactli, a giant alligator/crocodile self-created in the Omeyocan.”
#33637 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5