Mixcoatl

Cloud Serpent. Hunt-deity, identified with the Milky Way. Father of Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl by the mortal Chimalman.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Historia de los Mexicanos, chapter 1: creator couple (Camaxtli identification)

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: TonacatecuhtliHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)
  • mother: TonacacihuatlHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)
  Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 1 (sixteenth-century account); Phillips 1883, pp. 616–617 (primary)

Children

• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl

Children in alternative accounts

• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Pinturas chapter 8: Camaxtli and unnamed relativeHistoria de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 8; Phillips 1883, pp. 622–624 (primary)
• Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl: Mendieta account as reported by Brinton: Camaxtli and ChimalmanDaniel G. Brinton, American Hero-Myths (1882), chapter III, section 1: Chimalman parentage narratives and their cited witnesses (secondary)

Variant accounts

• source-distinct-portrayalsChapter 8 identifies Camaxtli with Mixcoatl and makes him father of Ce Acatl by an unnamed female relative of Tezcatlipoca. This narrative is not a reason to merge the god Quetzalcoatl with the ruler Ce Acatl.Historia de los Mexicanos por sus pinturas, chapter 8; Phillips 1883, pp. 622–624 (primary)

Powers

• unerring aim atlatl
• storm call
• Strike the first fire from flint and whirl the stars
• Drills the first fire
• Hurls darts with the spear-thrower

Epithets

• Camaxtli Nahuatl · Camaxtli · regionalCamaxtli (tutelary name among the Tlaxcalteca and Huexotzinca)B. de Sahagun, Florentine Codex, Book 1 (primary)

Relations

• lover: ChimalmanMixcoatl shot arrows at Chimalman of Huitznahuac, then begot Topiltzin Ce Acatl on her; she died bearing him.Codex Chimalpopoca (Leyenda de los Soles) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Sahagún, Florentine Codex Bk. III (primary); Anales de Cuauhtitlán (primary)