Xiuhnel

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Xiuhnel is a cloud serpent who transformed himself into a man to disguise himself. He drank blood offered by Itzpapalotl and then lay down with her, after which she devoured him, tearing open his breast.

When

First attested
1558 CE
Attested period
1558 – 1558
Historical notes
Documented in the Manuscript of 1558.

Relationships

enemy of
Ītzpāpālōtl
sibling of
Mimich
co occurs with
Chimalman

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Itzpapalotl approached the two "cloud serpents named Xiuhnel [ˈʃiwnel] and Mimich [ˈmimit͡ʃ]", who transformed themselves into men (so as to disguise themselves when all the others of the Centzonmimixcoa had been slain in the ambush?). To Xiuhnel, Itzpapalotl said "'Drink, Xiuhnel.'”

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