Courtesy of the Werner-Forman Archive
Xolotl, the sinister twin of Quetzalcoatl, was the planet Venus as Evening Star and was always represented as a horrifyingly
distorted creature. On his forehead are symbols of the planet. He is destructive and carries an axe in his right hand. Pottery. Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin.
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