Cipactli

Cipactli

Region of origin: Mesoamerica

In the Aztec creation myth, Cipactli was a massive beast with an unquenchable appetite who lived in the ocean-like void at the start of the universe. The four gods charged with creating all the world would contain soon found their creations were invariably being consumed by Cipactli’s many mouths and decided the only course was to slay it. After luring it out and engaging it in a long battle they finally slew Cipactli and used its body and all it had consumed to form the Earth.

Originally posted on Tumblr on April 19, 2016