Cipactli Cipactli

Cipactli - Definition and Overview

In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a vicious monster, part crocodile and part fish. Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot to him. Cipactli was the source of the Earth which the gods created from his body.

Compare Ymir in Norse mythology and Purusha in Hinduism

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