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	Orpheus: Myths of the World: Central American and Mexican: The Gods of the Azteca
		Xolotl went where they sent him; he came before Mictlantecutli, the Lord of Mictlampa, and found him pouring fire into a vessel of blood.
		And Mictlantecutli, he whose head is a bare skull, thinking that he might beguile one of the Earth-gods and keep him for ever in that place where there is no light, spoke fairly to him.
		But when he came near to the Upperworld the great owls that guard Mictlantecutli's realm flew at him and tore at his eyes.
	www.sacred-texts.com /etc/omw/omw84.htm (1029 words)

	Into the Black
		His name is Mictlantecutli and he is known as the ‘lord of the realm of the dead'.
		"Mictlantecutli was the ruler of Mictlan, the lowest level of the Aztec underworld.
		It was like Mictlantecutli was grinning at him, inviting him to its humble abode, to reside with him forever in the Realm of the Dead.
	www.wolfpanther.com /stories/intotheblack.html (9090 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		The tripod vase carries a figure of the god of death.
		In the Nahuatl language he was called Mictlantecutli, while Mixtecs called him Koki Bexelaxo.
		All his body except hands and feet has the form of a skeleton.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/04/b2003/hm4_1_34_0.html (145 words)

	Pakal_Trilogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pakal said " the fight is on between Mictlantecutli, the Mayan demon god of death and me, we'll win 2012 for humanity."
		The glyph shows the enigmatic codes of Pakal's triumph when he faces Mictlantecutli, the Xibalban God of Death in October 27 during the eclipse.
		During the full lunar eclipse, Pakal takes the jade mask from the face of Mictlantecutli to become Quetzalcoatl, the God of Peace.
	palenque.blogdrive.com (870 words)

	El Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead: The Cemeteries
		Now it is a quasi-Christian holiday in Mexico, merging with All Souls' Day on November 1st.
		The festival's most important symbol, the skull, probably comes from the Aztec god of death, Mictlantecutli, who was depicted with a skull-like face on many artifacts.
		Now it is a symbol to celebrate death and the dearly departed.
	farstrider.net /Mexico/Muertos/Background.htm (899 words)

	El Salvador - Pipil Life-size Effigy of Xipe Totec
		The larger examples reach life size and may truly be considered as ceramic statuary.
		Known examples of gods or god impersonators represent the gods Tlaloc (identifiable by the rings around his eyes), Mictlantecutli (represented as a skeletal personage) and Xipe Totec (portrayed as wearing a flayed human skin).
		The largest figures may be crafted in several mating parts (this example, a Xipe Totec effigy was made in two large halves joining at the waist, with a separate head).
	exchanges.state.gov /culprop/elsalvad/00000014.htm (168 words)

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