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The Terrible Tzitizimime!

Tzitizimime: Monsters of the Celestial Vault. Ever wondered what the end of the world would be like? The Aztecs believed that some pretty horrific things would happen to them if the sun didn’t come up each morning!

Tzitzimime were tremendous star demons that lived in the darkness. They had it in their power to commit both good and bad deeds. They might inflict an illness such as epilepsy or dropsy on one unfortunate Aztec, yet cure his neighbour of a similar fever!

YOU CAN RELAX IF:-
1. It’s the dry season. These ferocious creatures don’t attack when the land is parched.
2. You’re in daylight. Tzitzimime only attack in total darkness.
3. It’s not the 52nd (and final) year of the century.

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED:-
1. If you’re a child. Tzitzimime love attacking youngsters.
2. During the rainy months, the New Fire ceremony, solar eclipses (when the moon is said to eat the sun), and at night.
3. If you hear the rattle of shells behind you! (Tzitzimime had shell skirts)
4. If you’re a pregnant woman - you might be turned into a Tzitzimitl!

‘Obsidian Butterfly’ was patroness of the paradise of Tamoanchan and head Tztitzimitl. Several other Aztec gods could also be Tzitzimime.