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Cipactli
The Primordial Waters
Danger Level: 10/10
By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.
Abilities
Endless HungerMultiple MouthsPrimordial PowerEarth Foundation
Lore & Legend
The primordial sea monster from Aztec creation mythology, a massive crocodilian creature with mouths at every joint of its body. The gods Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl tore Cipactli apart to create the earth and sky, with its body becoming the land and its endless hunger explaining why the earth demands blood sacrifice.