Bison Spirit of Aztec

spirit · Mexico · Mesoamerica

Not independently attested in folklore literature. The directional, color, maize, and Chicomecoatl associations assigned to a bison are fabricated; bison were unknown in Aztec cosmology. The teotl concept and the maize goddess Chicomecoatl are real, but never linked to bison, and no post-contact cattle integration is documented.

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