Before the Spaniards conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the 16th century, axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — ...

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god's passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

MEXICO CITY — Legend has it the axolotl ... In the Nahua myth of the Fifth Sun, pre-Hispanic god Nanahuatzin threw himself into a fire, reemerged as the sun and commanded fellow gods to ...