Mixcoatl is the god of the hunt and war. He is identified with the Milky Way, the stars, and the heavens in several Meso-American cultures.
Mixcoatl was part of the Aztec pantheon...
Mixcoatl is represented with a black mask over his eyes and distinctive red and white “candy-cane stripes” painted on his body. He can usually be distinguished by his hunting gear, which included a bow and arrows, and a net or basket for carrying dead game...
Scholars have identified Mixcoatl as a hunting god of the Otomi, Chichimec, and Toltec people and their descendants.
The legendary figure may have been based on the real-life warrior Eight Deer, who achieved greatness as a leader of the Pioneer...
Mixcoatl definately sired the four hundred Centzon Huitznahua by Coatlicue, but not Huitzilopochtli, a ball of feathers is responsible for that one, with Ometecuhtli spotted plucking a Quetzal bird just before Coatlicue set off for temple cleaning duties...
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