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Camaxtli.

Headword: 
Camaxtli.
Principal English Translation: 

the tutelary god of the Teochichimecs; equated often with Mixcoatl, the Mexica god of hunting; came to be seen as the Tlaxcalan hunting god; said to be the deity worshiped by those who settled Chalco, putting his image on Mount Teopoyauhtlan

Anónimo mexicano, ed. Richley H. Crapo and Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005), 29, 87 n396, n397.

Attestations from sources in English: 

amo quimatia cah in intheuh, Camaxtli catca Yzlacatiní, tlahueli loca theotl = they did not know that their god Camaxtli was an impostor, a villain god.
Anónimo mexicano, ed. Richley H. Crapo and Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005), 35.

oqui piaia yca Y tlahuitol, chicnauh-mamalhuiztlí, tetotocamitl. mintlí, acallí, mochíhícxitlanhuíc = They guarded him with his bow, six litters, hunting arrows, piercing arrows, and a boat, all near his feet.
Anónimo mexicano, ed. Richley H. Crapo and Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005), 29.

Camaxtli Mixcoatl (also seen as mixcohuatl) was the fuller name.

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