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Chiconahui Itzcuintli.

Headword: 
Chiconahui Itzcuintli.
Principal English Translation: 

the name of a divine force ("Nine Dog") with a calendrical significance, part of the Xiuhtecuhtli Complex of divine forces, associated with hearth/fire and paternalism
"Table 3. Major Deities of the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Nahua-Speaking Communities." Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 6: Social Anthropology, ed Manning Nash (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967).

Orthographic Variants: 
Chiucnahui Itzcuintli
themes: 
Family, Kinship, Descent
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency