the four hundred children of the goddess Coatlicue
(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Coatl icue: innan centzonuitznaoa. auh inveltiuh, itoca, Coiolxauh = Coatl icue, mother of the Centzonuitznaua. And their elder sister was named Coyolxauhqui. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Legend has it that Huitzilopochtli was born arrayed for war so that he could defeat his siblings, the Centzonhuitznahua (led by Coyolxauhqui). He was carrying a teueuelli [tehuehuelli], some darts, and his dart thrower, all blue in color. The dart thrower was called the xiuatlatl [xiuhatlatl]. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)