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In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a vicious primeval sea monster, part crocodile and part fish. Always hungry, every joint on her body was adorned with an extra mouth. Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot to her when he used it as bait to draw her closer. Cipactli was the source of the Earth which the gods created from her body. The Aztec civilization recognized many gods and supernatural creatures. ... Genera Mecistops Crocodylus Osteolaemus See full taxonomy. ... The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... In Nahuatl mythology, Tezcatlipoca (tes-cat-lee-poh-ka) or smoking mirror was the god of the night, the north, temptation, sorcery, beauty and war. ... Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. ...


Compare Tiamat in Mesopotamian Mythology, and even Sedna in Inuit Mythology. For other uses, see Tiamat (disambiguation). ... Look up Sedna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Sedna may refer to: Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea 90377 Sedna, a planetoid Sedna Planitia, a landform on the planet Venus Sedna, an Irish king This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share...


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Cipactli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (101 words)
In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a vicious primeval sea monster, part crocodile and part fish.
Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot to her when he used it as bait to draw her closer.
Cipactli was the source of the Earth which the gods created from her body.
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