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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:49:22 +0100

Sculpture of God Xolotl

Xolotl, god of duplicity, of that which is deformed or monstrous, also incarnated Venus as the evening star which illuminated Mictlan, the "Place of the Dead." He was portrayed with a dog head and earplugs with pendants shaped as hooks, called epcololli in Nahuatl (Aztec language).

Object found in 1900 by Leopoldo Batres in the former Escalerillas Street, known today as República de Guatemala.