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a device serving as an emblem (see attestations), also recalled as the name (Xiuhcoatl) of a serpent with special powers
"According to the myth of the birth of Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec patron god used the xiuhcoatl (plural, xiuhcocoah), which means 'fire serpent,' as a weapon to decapitate his sister Coyolxauhqui. The xiuhcoatl consequetly became a national and political emblem.
Two Reed appears on the bottom of a stone carving of Xiuhcoatl (held at Dumbarton Oaks), along with the glyph for Moteuczoma. This year marker referred to the New Fire Ceremony of 1507.
xiuhtecuhtli = the serpent fire device, the symbol of fire drills