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If you had to describe your life to someone but could only use the name of a mythological figure (from any mythology or even religion), which one would you use? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel like the one I would choose Xolotl. I am someone with has made few friends but who stands up for them all and who has been durable in doing so, and to this end have found myself opposing newly appointed leadership almost to the death.

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dude,

Xolotl was the dog teotl (god) who was associated with Nanahuat(zin) and the nahualli of Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl. He was renowned for retrieving maize from The Mountain of Sustance. Nanahuatzin threw himself into a sacred pyre and became Tonatiuh (the sun). Xolotl was sacrificed last by Quetzalcoatl because he fled and turned himself into his nahualli the axolotl. Dogs and axolotls were considered a source of food so he represents the sacrifice necessary to eat, also the planet/star Venus in the evening.

I don't know what aspect of Mixtec Pueblo mythology you're referring to.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Oh cool, I know something about the mythology of the Xolo dog breed, but I didn't realize they were named for this mythical dog.

[–] CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

The Aztec version.