The Aztecs believed this Aztec god waged a continuous battle against darkness and an unseen evil power, symbolizing the eternal struggle between life and death. The Aztec god of death and lord of ...

The noise may have also represented the Aztec wind god Ehecatl or the god of death, Mictlantecuhtli. There have also been claims that the whistles were used during warfare to strike fear into the ...

The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.