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a deity or a divine force with close associations to Xipe Totec (the flayed deity)
See an image that represents Yopi in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Yopico = auh in oaciqz cempoualilhuitl nimã ye ic ui i yopihco. ompa quitlalia in imeuayo niman contepeua oztoc uel huecatlã ompa contoca = And when they had come to [the end of] the twenty days, thereupon they went to Yopico. There they laid away their skins; then they cast them down in a cave, a very deep place, and there buried them. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
yopica = one of the seven calpolli (ethnic states) that emerged from the Seven Caves
yopichimalli = a type of shield; associated with Xipe (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
yopihuehuetl = a type of drum; associated with Xipe (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
yopitzontli = Diego Durán: "Llevaban todos en las cabezas una hechura de cabelleras que ellos llaman yopitzontli, que quiere decir 'cabellera del dios Yopi.' Las cuales cabelleras hoy en día las usan."