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Xochicalcatl.

Headword: 
Xochicalcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a mythical figure, a nahualli (see attestations)

Fernando Horcasitas, "La narrativa oral náhuatl (1920–1975)," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 13 (1978), 177–209, see 183.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

El ciclo legendario del Tepoztecatl. "Hazañas del Tepozteco, héroe mítico y legendario. Lucha contra el nahual Xochicalcatl, logra matarlo y vuelve a Tepoztlan." (Escuchado en Tepoztlán, Mor. González Casanova, 1928, 17–63.)
Fernando Horcasitas, "La narrativa oral náhuatl (1920–1975)," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 13 (1978), 177–209, ver 183.

themes: 
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining