a famous name; held by the leader of the merchants of Tlatelolco during the reign of Cuacuauhpitzahuac, and held by a lord of Colhuahcân who was a successor of Yohuallatônac; finally, according to Siméon, this is variant for the name Xiuhtecatl, someone who takes care of green herbs or turquoise
Gran Diccionario Nahuatl, citing the Florentine Codex (Book 9); the 3rd Relation of Chimalpahin; and Rémi Siméon; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tziuhtecatl/75330
a type of snake or serpent (follow the link to see the painting) Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 88v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/88v/images/0 Accessed 3 November 2025.