The Immortal of the Aztecs
Chapter 593

The Mixtec Peoples, Highlands, Lowlands, and Coast

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".The Primal God came from chaos. They were one body with two faces, bearing the form of a deer's head, and were known as the Deer 1 Day God. They separated heaven and earth, divided mountains and waters, stripped light from darkness, and created the origin of the world! Afterward, Their two incarnations mated with each other and gave birth to the four creator gods: Dzahui the Rain God, Tonatiuh the Sun God, Cohuy the Feathered Serpent, and Mictlantecuhtli the Death God."

"Beyond the four creator gods, there was also Huehueteotl the Fire God, Nitoayuta the God of Fertility, and Yozotoyua the God of Wealth. In truth, the origins of the Mexica gods were quite similar to those of the Mixtec gods. Both belonged to the Nahua faith, and perhaps were incarnations of one another."

Hearing this string of tongue-twisting Mixtec divine names, Black Wolf felt his head spin. A trace of impatience entered his eyes as he gave the young priest a cold look.

"Get to the point!"

"Yes, yes."

The young priest nodded again and again. He licked his dry lips and carefully recited the inherited epic.

".The four gods created all things in the world. The Rain God and the Feathered Serpent mated in the cave of the Tree in the Clouds and gave birth to the ancestors of us Mixtecs! The exact place should be roughly two or three hundred li south of God Stone City, at the sacred Cloud Altar of Yodzocahi."

"The divine-blooded Mixtec ancestors needed land to multiply, and all land belonged to Tonatiuh the Sun God. And so the divine-blooded ancestors dueled the Sun God, wounding Tonatiuh with bows and arrows. Gravely wounded and on the brink of death, Tonatiuh the Sun God hid behind the great mountains in the west, and

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