Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

Some are symbols of death ... The owl's nightly hoot is considered a warning cry of doom and death. In fact, both Aztec and Mayan folklore portrayed the owl as a companion/messenger of the ...

“Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the ... as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess ...

“Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the native people ... representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — ...

"Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the ... as did Tlaloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess ...

“Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the native people ... representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — ...

“Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the ... as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess ...