In ancient Aztec tongue, the name 'Axolotl' translates ... As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night.

axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess — but it did appear in ancient Mesoamerican ...

axolotl may not have had archeological representations as did Tláloc — god of rain in the Aztec worldview — or Coyolxauhqui — its lunar goddess — but it did appear in ancient Mesoamerican ...