cipactli

LanguageClassical Nahuatl

Meaning

1. an unspecified, mythological reptilian animal, hence sometimes translated as dragon; akin to an alligator or caiman.
2. the first of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; the disembodied head of this mythical animal.

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