the lord of the underworld (see Sahagún); divine force relating to death
ca qujoalnotza ca qujoaltzatzilia in tonan, in tota in Mictlan tecutli: in coҫoltzintli, in quavic onoc in tlalli ijxco ca: in tlalli, yn tapalcatl = Verily our mother, our father, Mictlan tecutli, calleth, summoneth those in the cradle, those who rest on the cradle board, those on the surface of the ground, those who heap up the earth, the potsherds (central Mexico, sixteenth century)