Mictlantecuhtli
lord of the ninth hell, keeper of bones
earthMictlantecuhtli rules Mictlan, the lowest of the underworlds, where the dead journey four years to their final rest; to dream of him is to be reminded gently that endings are also a kind of arrival, and that even bones are kept and honored.
Fragments
From bones stolen out of his kingdom the feathered serpent shaped the newest people, sprinkling them with his own blood so that death itself became the seed of life.
He sits in a windowless house at the world's bottom, adorned with owls and spiders, and the little dog Xolotl leads each traveler across the last black river to his door.
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