Cipactli : The Insatiable Crocodile
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Cipactli is one of the major characters in Aztec mythology. In Aztec cosmology, the crocodile represents the earth floating in the primeval waters. This animal was named after a survivor...
mostra másThe Cipactli is also quite heavily featured in Mayan mythology and it is also considered to have heavily influenced the much later civilizations of the region.
Cipactli was a primeval sea monster, part crocodilian, part fish, and part toad or frog, with indefinite gender. Always hungry, every joint on its body was adorned with an extra mouth. The deity Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot when he used it as bait to draw the monster nearer. He and Quetzalcoatl created the earth from its body.
In the Maya tzolko’in, the name Cipactli translates to Imix. In the Popol Vuh, the earthquake demon Sipakna is named after Cipactli. In Migan, Cipactli is Quanai.
This animal had an insatiable hunger which threatened to devour ever creation on earth. The existence of multiple mouths also ensured that this consumption was at a rapid pace.
To counter the effects of this beast, the gods then decided to kill it and use its body as land. Tezcatlipoca lured the monster in and lost a foot to its insatiable appetite before the gods were able to defeat it. They pulled Cipactli’s body in four directions and freed the universe from its body.
Then Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl created the heavens and the Earth from the remains. The thirteen heavens were made from the head, its tail became the underworld and it’s midsection the Earth. Its four legs became the four rain gods, Tlāloc, Chalchiuhtlicue, Huixtocihuatl, and Chicomecōātl.
Despite this, Cipactli was still alive and the gods promised him/her regular blood sacrifices. When these sacrifices were disrupted, it is believed that the beast expressed his displeasure via earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Read about the Cipactli at https://mythlok.com/cipactli/
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