Ahuizotl Drowned Dog – The Ahuizotl
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Ahuizotl Drowned Dog is a Kronosaur who conquered Isla Tormenta. He has captured storm quetzals and uses their power for his own needs.
You need to defeat this Kronosaur and free the quetzals to make a prismatic blade. The blade is needed to consult with the Oracle and find the Pyramid of the Falling Star.
Your eyes and teeth are so pretty. Do you mind if I keep them?
Ahuizotl Drowned Dog
The ahuizotl (from the Classical Nahuatl: āhuitzotl for “spiny aquatic thing”, a.k.a. “water dog”) is a legendary creature in Aztec mythology. It is said to lure people to their deaths. The creature was taken as a mascot by the ruler of the same name, and was said to be a “friend of the rain gods”. The ahuizotl is most likely a water opossum, which possesses dexterous hands “like a raccoon’s or a monkey’s”, as well as a prehensile tail (the hand most likely represents this prehensile nature), waterproof marbled black and grey fur, and small pointed ears.
The creature is described as being the size of a small dog, with waterproof fur. Its name comes from the propensity of its fur to spike when it leaves the water. The ahuizotl has hands similar to a monkey’s, which are capable of manipulation, both on its arms and on its tail.
By most accounts, the ahuizotl would snatch people from the water’s edge, so that it could feast on their eyes, nails, and teeth. Alternately, some fisherman claimed that the ahuizotl would sink their boats, and would offer a portion of their catch to appease the creature.
When the ahuizotl hadn’t successfully caught a human in some time, it had two methods by which to draw victims to the water. It could lure people to their deaths by emitting a cry similar to a human baby’s wail. It could also cause all of the frogs and fish in the body of water to jump to the surface, which would bring fishermen to the water’s edge.
The current list of all the (known) Azteca references are located here.
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