Xolotl

I've been trying to find something else out (though Centeotl's mum is still ongoing) - there's three significant Nahua legends concerning a God visiting the underworld to collect the bones of the previous race of humanity in order to make the new (and current) one. In Leyenda de los Soles it's Quetzalcoatl (mentions a nagual but not Xolotl). In Mendieta's Historia Eclesiastica Indiana it's Xolotl alone (not a feathered serpent in sight), and in this other version it's Quetzalcoatl (again) who (I think) makes Xolotl whilst in the underworld (from mud and clay possibly) in order to aid his escape. I've a strong feeling that this version is in Histoyre du Mechique but try as I might I can't find the crucial sentence of confirmation in either my library or on the internet. Anyone able to confirm this, or even recall this version of the story - I'm not even sure where I first saw it now. Maybe I was dreaming.

Edited by Yaomitl - 10-Jul-2007 at 10:26