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Mictlantecuhtli - Definition and Overview

Statuette of Mictlantecuhtli, in the ,
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Statuette of Mictlantecuhtli, in the British Museum, London

In Aztec mythology, Mictlanteculhtli ("lord of Mictlan") was the god of the dead and King of Mictlan, the lowest section of the underworld. He was depicted as a skeleton or a person wearing a toothy skull. He was associated with spiders, owls and bats.

His wife was Mictecacihuatl.

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