18
These metamorphoses, or at least the first two, are obviously founded upon Xolotl’s dual characteristic as a twin. The resemblance between his name and that of the little amphibious animal axolotl is due to the monstrous character of both.
19
Hist. du Tlaxcallan in Ternaux-Compan’s Nouvelles Annales des Voyages (tom. xcix, p. 129).
20
Hist. Antig. de Mexico, tom. i, p. 7.
21
Storia Antica del Messico, tom. ii, p. 7.
22
Hist. Eccles, p. 81.