Caquix Nine Shadows – Vucub-Caquix
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After destroying the Orbs of Natron that are conveniently laying about, your wizard must defeat Caquix Nine Shadows in a duel to completely destroy his entire stash of orbs.
“I saw you in my black mirror. You are a snake wearing a fake skin. And you’ve twisted Acan Winefeather with your song. You think you’ve destroyed all my beautiful, fiery Orbs, but I’ll just make more. And then burn the village down! I can hear the true music, and it’s telling me to rend you to pieces!”
Caquix Nine Shadows
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The early Caquix Nine Shadows catches the wizard. Just don’t mess with their Black Mirror.
Vucub-Caquix (possibly meaning ‘seven-Macaw’) is the name of a bird demon defeated by the Hero Twins of a Kʼicheʼ-Mayan myth preserved in an 18th-century document, entitled ʼPopol Vuhʼ. The episode of the demon’s defeat was already known in the Late Preclassic Period, before the year 200 AD. He was also the father of Zipacna, an underworld demon deity, and Cabrakan, the Earthquake God.
Vucub-Caquix is described as a powerful bird pretending to be the sun and moon of the twilight world in between the former creation and the present one. According to modern Kʼicheʼ, his name refers to the seven stars of the Big Dipper asterism. The false sun-moon bird was shot out of his tree with a blowgun by Hun-Ahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins, but still managed to sever the hero’s arm. Finally, however, the demon was deprived of his teeth, his eyes, his riches, and his power. Together, the Twins were to become the true sun and moon of the present creation. The episode is only loosely connected to the main tale of the Twins, and is varied by other Mesoamerican hero myths. It is also akin to certain scenes in Mayan art dating back to the 8th century and before.
The current list of all the (known) Azteca references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
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