of the dead warriors. On her head she has the water-and-fire symbol.
MYTHS
The interpreter of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis regards Chantico as a male god, and states that:
“Chantico or Cuaxolotle presided over these thirteen signs and was lord of Chile, or of the yellow woman. He was the first who offered sacrifice after having eaten a fried fish; the smoke of which ascended to heaven, at which Tonacatecotle became incensed and pronounced a curse against him that he should be turned into a dog, which accordingly happened, and they named him on this account Chantico, which is another name for Miquitlantecotle. From this transgression the destruction of the world ensued. He was called Nine Dogs from the sign on which he was born.”
The interpreter of the Codex Vaticanus A deals with Chantico in almost the same words:
“Chantico, they say, was the first who offered sacrifice after having eaten a fried fish, and that in consequence of the presumption of offering sacrifices without having fasted, Tonacatecutli became incensed and pronounced a curse against him that he should be changed into a dog, which is an animal of a very voracious nature; and accordingly they named him Nine Dogs.”
This myth should be compared with that of Nata and Nena in the chapter on Cosmogony.
FESTIVAL
Chicunaui itzcuintli (“Nine Dog”).—Sahagun14 states that the lapidaries of Xochimilco who cut precious stones adored, among others, this