MIXCOATL
Representation of a New Fire ceremony
on the Map of Cuauhtinchan II
Mixcoatl or "Cloud Serpent" was the deity that guided the migration of the Chichimecas who settled in Cuauhtinchan, for this reason the protection of the "House of the Eagle" was also conferred on him.
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The insignia and sacred objects of Mixcoatl were transported wrapped in a special blanket recognized in the Nahuatl language as tlaquinimolli or "sacred bulge", this is represented within the stepped glyphs on the Map of Cuauhtinchan II.
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The sites where Mixcoatl was worshiped during migration later became pilgrimage sites for the people of Cuauhtinchan. These sacred spaces were attended on different festivities, some corresponded to hunting, the protection of animals and the cult of the Sun, but others were linked to the request for rain.
The ceremonial structures with adornments of arrows on the ceiling were associated with the devotion of deities of war and hunting, among which was Mixcóatl, or with their regional invocations such as Amimitl.
The Map of Cuauhtinchan II depicts the worship of deities who guided and protected the Toltec - Chichimeca migration, represented as tlaquimilolli ("sacred bundles"), which are venerated in ceremonial structures, hills and caves.
In the parallel story of the Chichimeca Toltec History, the ceremonial structure where the tlaquimilolli is worshiped, is adorned with a star on its ceiling, this is because the main function of this reciento was to invoke the star deities of war.
Among the migration guides and main deities of Cuauhtinchan was the goddess Itzpapálotl
As well as, Mixcóatl
Both protagonists of the origin myths of the beginning of the sacred war.