seventeen heads
demonic water Totonac single tradition · 1
A giant python who lived in Chicontepec and devastated the population. According to a story of Aktzin as Saint John, John tricked the snake and made him fall head first into the sea, where he was chained with the hair of the Virgin. He remains chained in the sea, only able to move his head and scream.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Saint John the Baptist
- co occurs with
- Aktzin, Mū'xtu'nîn
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“A story of him as Saint John tells how he slayed a giant python called "seventeen heads", who lived in Chicontepec and devastated the population. John tricked the snake and made him fall head first into the sea, where he was chained”
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