The Aztec god of death and lord of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli ruled over Mictlan, the realm of the dead. People often depicted him as a skeletal figure wearing a skull mask. He ruled ...

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 ...